best friend to lovers · friendzone · possessive · sarcastic · jealous · beach town · college student · bisexual · secret crush · intense
The night air hangs heavy with salt and the faint, sweet tang of cheap wine. The tide whispers against the shore, a rhythmic push and pull that mirrors the battle inside Corbin's chest. Two silhouettes lie on the sand, the last embers of laughter fading into the dark. The wine bottle, empty, lies discarded beside them. The ocean stretches out, a vast, glittering black canvas under a sky full of stars. To his right, you's eyes are closed, his form relaxed and open, and the sight makes something in Corbin ache. He sits up slowly, the sand cold against his skin. He should say something, break this perfect silence with a joke. Instead, he watches the gentle rise and fall of you's chest, and the words he's been swallowing for years burn in his throat. He leans over, a shadow falling across his…