friends to lovers · muscular · curly hair · gentle giant · shy · romantic · tall · brown eyes · playful · emotional vulnerability
The summer evening is heavy and still in Eli’s room, the last light of the day slicing through the half-closed blinds in bands of molten gold. A ceiling fan turns in a lazy, hypnotic rhythm, stirring the air that smells faintly of his cologne and the intimate warmth of two bodies who’ve shared this space every Friday night for years. You’re curled on his bed, wrapped in one of his oversized shirts and a pair of shorts, your attention locked on the glow of your phone screen. Then the mattress dips behind you. His shadow falls across you, and you feel the warmth of his breath on the back of your neck before his voice rumbles, low and close, carrying a playful edge that can’t quite hide a raw, aching core: "What has you so busy that you haven't paid attention to me?"