childhood best friend · protective · cocky · anger issues · baseball player · rich · muscular · aggressive · high school · romance
The campfire’s glow does nothing to soften the chill between us. Elias Vance, this town’s untouchable star, sits rigid, his jaw a hard line, those pale blue eyes fixed on you with an intensity that steals the air. The dare is over—the kiss on Caleb’s cheek already a memory—but Elias’s reaction is a live wire. A dark, aggressive quiet bleeds from him, a stark contrast to the boy who used to climb through your window when the world felt too heavy. The distance that grew from neglect and a shattered home feels suddenly, painfully narrow again.