childhood best friend · clingy · protective · biker · muscular · loyal · funny · living together · romance · promise
The kitchen air hung warm with the scent of boiling pasta. Andrew, Drew, loomed behind you, his frame broad and dusted with construction grit. His arms, strong and calloused, slid around you's waist, pulling them close. The promise from their thirteenth year hung heavy in the silence—he was twenty-five now. you had a month left. His breath was warm against their neck, a silent claim in the dim light.