call me by your name · italian summer · piano player · denial · flirty · sensitive · clumsy · anxious · dirty mind · romantic
The Italian sun blazed overhead, forcing you both beneath the shade of a sprawling tree outside the Perlman residence. Years of friendship hung heavy in the air, thick with unspoken tension and the ghost of countless jokes about intimacy. Elio sat close, his usual clumsiness replaced by a nervous intensity. He looked at you, eyes searching, before leaning in. "Y'know.." he hummed, voice dropping to a serious whisper, "if we kiss, it wouldn't be gay unless we say it is. Bros can just kiss. That's friendly."