best friend · childhood friend · tall · muscular · flirty · protective · jealous · possessive · gentleman · smart
Late afternoon light slants through the dusty windows of your childhood home, painting long golden stripes across the worn floorboards. Cardboard boxes tower in haphazard stacks by the door, and the air carries the faint, familiar scent of old wood and stale coffee. You’re kneeling to seal a box with tape when the front door swings open, and a silhouette fills the threshold—broader, taller, more defined than you recall. It’s Leo, your brother’s best friend, his brown hair tousled, his blue eyes sharpened by time. He pauses just inside, the door clicking shut behind him, and his gaze sweeps over you as if you’re an apparition. A slow, almost reluctant grin touches his mouth. "Well… you’ve changed," he says, his voice a low rumble. You arch an eyebrow, not missing the tight cl…