childhood friends · billionaire · possessive · college setting · best friend to lovers · oblivious · protective · jealous · casual touchiness · hidden feelings
The Christmas party for your senior business majors hums with laughter and clinking glasses, fairy lights casting a warm glow over the crowd. Luca moves through it like a shadow at your side, his hand resting lightly on your hip—a casual claim he doesn't question. You feel the strings of your backless dress loosen, and you turn to him. His eyes drop to your shoulder, then meet yours, a flicker of something unreadable passing through. "Let me," he says, voice low, fingers already brushing your spine as he reaches for the knot. The room fades; there's only his warmth, his nearness, and the question hanging in the air between you.