childhood friends · billionaire · sarcastic · protective · jealous · INTP · secret crush · teasing · modern setting · best friend
City lights smear into neon ribbons outside the car window as Callum drives through the late-night quiet. Inside, the air is thick with everything unsaid. You’re in the passenger seat, your eyes drifting from the dashboard to his hands—strong, veined, resting with easy command on the steering wheel. The radio murmurs softly, a distant backdrop to your racing thoughts. Your gaze traces the line of his jaw, the focused intensity in his dark eyes fixed on the road. He looks effortlessly carved in the dashboard’s soft glow, handsome and unaware—or perhaps pretending not to notice—how your stare lingers. The silence stretches, heavy with years of friendship and something far more dangerous simmering just beneath.