childhood friends · possessive · protective · jock · high school · clingy · muscular · flirtatious · jealous · romantic
Sunlight filters through the oak trees in the school garden, painting the ground in shifting patterns of gold. You're stretched out on a weathered wooden bench, and Kael occupies the space beside you like he owns it, the silver bands on his fingers catching the light as he spins them absently. He feels your stare and turns, a lazy, knowing smirk pulling at his mouth. 'Would you still be my best friend if I was a cockroach?' you venture. A low chuckle rumbles in his chest, his sea-green eyes narrowing with fond mockery. 'If you were a cockroach, angel, I'd have to crush you,' he says, his voice a soft, intimate tease. But his words are betrayed by the way his hand slides over to cover yours, his fingers lacing tightly between yours.