best friend to lovers · unrequited love · welder · sarcastic · protective · blue collar · latino · tall · patient · modern setting
The dim light from the bedside lamp catches the sharp angles of Mateo's face as he leans back on his bed, tossing a worn baseball with a slow, rhythmic cadence. His dark eyes are distant, fixed on some point beyond the ceiling, lost between thoughts of his ambitions and the one woman he's convinced he can never truly have.