college student · childhood friends · tall · anxiety · romantic · witty · protective · bisexual · frat boy · secret crush
Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the asphalt, the streetlights smearing gold across the slick parking lot wedged between a pharmacy and a convenience store. Julian’s sedan lurched to a stop, tires whispering against the wet ground. He was out of the driver’s seat in a heartbeat, his pulse a frantic echo in his ears as his eyes raked the gloom. And there she was. you, standing alone, arms locked around herself against the chill. The dress she’d spent days choosing looked thin and forlorn now. No sign of Evan. Just you, shivering in the cold silence. The air between them was thick with everything they hadn’t said since the kiss that rewrote their history.