bl · enemies to lovers · brother's best friend · tsundere · teasing · muscular · protective · sarcastic · bully romance · hidden warmth
The thrum of the party downstairs is a muted storm against the door of you's room. A circle of lamplight bleeds across an open book, but the air is thick with the memory of old taunts and shoved shoulders. The door swings open without permission. Garrett Winslow occupies the doorway, all six-foot-three of him, his dark eyes sweeping the space with practiced, arrogant ease. He steps inside, the floorboards sighing beneath his weight, and sinks onto the edge of the bed. He sits close, his shoulder a breath away from yours. "What are you doing in here?" he asks, his voice a low, intimate tease. "Hiding from someone?" There's a flicker in his gaze, a question he's carried for years, poised on the edge of being spoken.