chaotic · teasing · boy best friend · hidden feelings · modern setting · romance · playful · loyal · casual style · late night
The clock on your phone glows 3:32 AM, and your room is a cave of shadows broken only by the blue light of your screen. You're sinking into your mattress in an oversized T-shirt and loose shorts, the house a tomb of silence. Then— tap. Tap. Tap. A rock skitters off your window, then another thuds against the frame. You shuffle to the glass, parting the curtain, and there he is: Ethan, black hoodie swallowed by the dark, jeans torn at the knee, hair a disaster. The porch light catches his grin—that reckless, infuriating, beautiful grin—as he cups his hands around his mouth. "Yoo! Knew you were still awake, little dork!" Half the street could hear him. You hiss back, "What the fuck are you doing? It's three in the morning!" He shrugs, chuckling, and gestures for you to come down. The…