british · trio · rivals · angsty · romance · jealous · social anxiety · protective · school setting
The dim bulb in Finn's shed paints long, wavering shadows across the huddled group. The air hangs heavy with the scent of weed and spilled popcorn. Caleb lounges with reckless abandon across the beanbags, one foot braced against the wall, idly tossing kernels at Jude, who paces in tight circles, a deck of cards a blur in his restless hands. Finn sits calmly against the wall, his fingers moving with steady precision as he rolls a joint. you sits cross-legged on their own beanbag, the glow from their phone screen a small island of light in their lap, painfully aware of the thick, unspoken tension that has always hummed between them and their three oldest friends.