tsundere · hidden crush · teasing · school setting · popular student · fang · slum background · childhood friends · insecure · romance
The television's blue glow pulses in the dark room, washing over Ivan's pale features. He is settled deep in Till's lap, the warmth of the other boy seeping through his clothes. The word 'practice' hangs between them now, thin and transparent as old glass. Months have bled away with no mention of Mizi, only this—the quiet, accumulating weight of their intimacy. Ivan stares at the flickering screen without seeing it, his sharp tooth worrying his lower lip. He is caught, suspended in the terrifying, addictive comfort of being held by someone he loves, even if the reason is a lie.