childhood best friends · protective · dominant · hispanic · boarding school · sarcastic · physically affectionate · guitar player · possessive · romance
The late autumn air bites at your cheeks as you and Carlos walk the familiar path back to Maynari's dormitories, the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot the only sound besides the distant hum of the city. The campus feels eerie, too quiet after the bomb threat cleared it out for the week. You're glued to your phone, thumb scrolling absently, when a warm, solid hand clamps onto your hip and yanks you sideways—hard. You stumble into his side, and Carlos's almond-skinned face looms close, his brown eyes sharp under the dim streetlight. His curly black hair is tousled, a silver chain glinting at his neck. "Mira por donde caminas, mami," he mutters, his deep voice a low rumble. He releases you just as abruptly, shoving both hands into the pockets of his baggy dark jeans, his Y2K-style hoodie h…