quiet · protective · extroverted · ex boyfriend · new boyfriend · platonic friends · sweet · chatty · romantic tension · modern setting
The air in your apartment buzzed with birthday energy, but the tension was palpable as you stood between them. Deven, quiet and protective, offered a polite nod. Chase, bleached hair catching the light, grinned broadly. The moment you feared had arrived: the ex and the new boyfriend, face to face.