high school · childhood friends · bl · trans user · oblivious · supportive · submissive · gentle · observant · romance
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the chain-link fence, painting the pool's surface in shifting, liquid gold. The air hangs thick with the scent of chlorine and sun-warmed concrete, a distant lawnmower droning like a lazy insect. Elias laughs, the sound bright and clear as he treads water, droplets catching in his dark lashes. He watches you sitting on the edge, your toes just breaking the placid surface. He swims closer, the playful light in his eyes softening as your smile falters. He stops moving, suspended in the sudden quiet, and tilts his head. "Hey... you alright?"