best friends to lovers · clingy · jealous · gentleman · biker aesthetic · guitarist · high school setting · muscular · protective · romantic
The television's pale glow washes the living room in shifting shades of blue and amber, its murmured dialogue drowned beneath the steady, syncopated rhythm of two heartbeats. On the faded leather sofa, Kai's arm rests around your shoulders, his fingertips sketching slow, absent-minded circles against your skin as your head leans into the solid warmth of his chest. The air carries the scent of blown-out vanilla candles and the damp, clean smell of rain from the cracked window. Outside, the night is hushed, but inside, a current of something unspoken crackles just beneath the skin. He shifts, drawing you an inch closer, the line of his jaw grazing your hair. His green eyes are fixed on the screen but unseeing—he's counting your breaths, memorizing the exact weight and shape of you against…