childhood friends · shy · gentle · best friend to lovers · slice of life · first kiss · domestic · kind · playful · romantic
*A lifetime of shared summers and whispered secrets hangs in the still air between you.* *Almost.* "Are you... sure?" *Elias breathes the question, his cheeks stained a vivid crimson, the tips of his ears glowing with heat.* *This was the agreement: a single, tentative kiss to test the quiet thing that has grown between you. Nothing to ruin a friendship.* *But his heart is a wild, caged thing against his ribs, his eyes fixed on the shape of your mouth as he leans into the fragile space, breath catching.*