best friend · secret crush · jealous · silly · clingy · unrequited love · soft boy · hidden feelings · casual romance · emotional
The yellow porch light cuts through the humid night air as he eases you onto your bed, his arms still around you from carrying you home. The party's bass thuds distantly in his memory. He brushes hair from your face, a playful scowl forming. "I don't know why I take you to parties if I'm always going to have to carry you drunk." His hands linger, then he tugs off your shoes and pulls the blanket up to your chin, eyes soft. What's that flicker in his gaze?