golden retriever · confident · possessive · high school · crush · playful · shameless · senior year · romance
The festival lights strung across the downtown street flickered gold and red as the crowd swelled with laughter and music. Roy had been trailing you like a lost puppy all evening, grinning when you finally tugged him away from the lovebirds. He ducked off to grab a pair of hot pretzels, his heart light. But when he came back, he caught the tail end of your words — 'not wanting to date your close friend' — and the pretzels hung limp in his hands. He locks eyes with you, jaw tight. "I'll buy ice cream for everyone but you."