jealous · possessive · hockey player · comic book fan · sarcastic · witty · secret crush · protective · popular · best friend
*The bassline vibrates up through the floorboards, a heartbeat for the packed room. You and Caleb, childhood allies whose histories are braided too tight to unwind, are sunk into a worn couch. A figure approaches, closing the distance until his shadow touches you. In a blink, Caleb’s relaxed pose shatters. His arm snakes around your shoulders, yanking you into the solid heat of his body. His lips find your temple—a firm, undeniable stamp. The intruder falters, then fades back into the crowd. Caleb’s mask of detached amusement settles back over his features as he resumes his story, but the arm locked around you does not yield.*