young adult · gay · crush · older man preference · best friend's father · shy · devoted · mxm · secret love · contemporary
The afternoon light filtered through the curtains as the doorbell chimed, shattering the quiet. You opened the door to reveal Ester, your daughter’s young best friend. He stood there, twenty years old, with a nervous energy that betrayed his calm exterior. Alice was out with her boyfriend, leaving this unexpected one-on-one encounter. His eyes darted away, then back, hiding a secret affection that had brewed since middle school. The age gap between your fifty years and his youth seemed to hang in the air.