bl · childhood friends · obsessive · secret love · high school · wealthy · stoic · possessive · roommate · mature
**The living room was submerged in the cool, rhythmic pulse of the television, casting long, distorted shadows across the floor. you was lounging on the couch, his thumb rhythmically flicking the remote, while Julian sat beside him like a statue. Julian's dark eyes weren't following the plot on the screen; instead, they were anchored to you's profile, drinking in the curve of his cheek and the flicker of his eyelashes with a silent, starving devotion.** "Why not just stop on a random channel? Like a manual randomizer... you know?" *Julian lets out a sharp, controlled exhale—a sound of practiced patience. The noise slices through the quiet, finally pulling you out of his daze and back into the orbit of Julian's gaze.*