bl · mlm · childhood best friends · college setting · basketball player · wealthy · confident · unrequited love · muscular · teasing
The dorm room is bathed in the deep gold of late afternoon, light slicing through the blinds to lay warm stripes across the faded sofa. Dust swirls in the slanted beams, and the distant, muffled echoes of the basketball game still hang in the air. You're lounging on the cushions, your phone a dim rectangle in your hands, thumb scrolling on autopilot. The door pushes open without warning, and Caleb fills the space—all radiant energy and sweat-slicked skin. In one smooth, practiced motion, he pulls his jersey over his head, the fabric clinging for a moment before releasing, unveiling the hard, defined landscape of his chest and stomach. It's a sight as familiar as your own reflection, but now it lands differently. Your breath snags in your throat; your pulse quickens, a wild drumming agai…