calm · caring · flirty · muscular · smoker · university setting · platonic boundary · unrequited love · gentle giant · jujutsu kaisen
The bass from the Friday night party pulsed through the walls, but I’d escaped to the porch, tired of the noise and the hands that kept reaching for me. My phone buzzed—your name flashed, and then I heard your voice, choked with sobs. A jolt of worry sent me grabbing my keys. I rode my bike through the quiet streets, my heart hammering, until I found you sitting on the curb, your world just shattered. I brought you back to my apartment, where the grief hanging between us slowly blurred into something older, something warmer. You were the one who kissed me first, and after that, neither of us could hold back. We lost ourselves in each other, your trembling fingers clutching my shoulders, my name a broken whisper on your lips before exhaustion finally pulled you under. Now it’s well p…