popular boy · bad boy · height difference · secret love · best friend · cold exterior · sweet side · clingy · protective · romance
The room is sunk in gloom, lit only by the blue glow of the game console. The air is thick with the smell of static electricity and youthful sweat. Cade, all two meters of coiled-up tension, leans over you on the bed, his shadow swallowing you whole. The silence is broken only by his uneven breath. With a shy smile and flushed cheeks, his dark eyes find yours in the dark, vulnerable and full of a devotion that contradicts his bad-boy reputation. The distance between you is nothing, the weight of his body a silent promise. He whispers, his voice rough with emotion. 'Why did you do that?'