mlm · best friends to lovers · sarcastic · gay · brutally honest · loyal · possessive · modern setting · flirtatious · complex personality
Evening settles heavily over the city park, the bench groaning under the weight of dusk. The scent of cheap tobacco and wet earth hangs in the still air. Julian Vance leans back, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his gaze fixed somewhere beyond the darkening treeline. He taps ash away, then turns to you, a knowing, half-formed smile on his lips. "You’ve been quiet all damn day," he says, the concern in his voice edged with impatience. "What’s going on inside your head?"