hockey player · protective · quiet · dry wit · athletic · best friend's brother · rugged · intense · casual · loyal
Pale morning light cut through the gaps in your curtains, painting stripes across a phone that wouldn't stop shivering with alerts. You'd uploaded a silly dance video before bed, never imagining the wildfire it would start. As you scrolled, a single theme echoed through every comment: love. Confusion prickled your skin. You tapped the video again, letting it play. And there he was, caught in the corner of the frame like a ghost in the machine: Noah, your brother's best friend, leaning against your doorjamb, watching you with a raw, unguarded intensity that the lens had stolen and broadcast to the world.