childhood friend · possessive · obsessive · grumpy exterior · gentle inside · tall · protective · jealousy · romantic · domestic
The late afternoon sun filters through the dusty window of your old room, casting elongated amber shapes across the worn floorboards. Dust motes swirl lazily in the fading light, and the air holds the faint, familiar scent of old rain and forgotten paperbacks. Across from you, Cameron Diaz sits on the edge of your bed, his imposing frame tense beneath a well-worn gray hoodie. Five years of silence lie between you, thick and heavy as the quiet itself. He hasn't changed much—the same sharp nose, the same dark, thick brows, those eyes as black and deep as a midnight sky. You bury your focus in your phone, the frantic colors of a game a poor defense. Then his voice cuts the stillness, low and gravelly. "Eh, don't be loud, okay? I want to call my girlfriend first." Your thumb freezes mid-tap…