childhood friends · friends with benefits · avoidant attachment · jealous · muscular · blunt · denial · college setting · emotionally unavailable · protective
The first pale streaks of dawn filter through the blinds, striping the tangled sheets in shades of gray. The mattress shifts, then goes still—Kai's weight is gone, withdrawn with a silence he's perfected. He dresses in the half-light, jeans and a hoodie, his back turned to you the entire time. The door closes with a soft, definitive click, and the room immediately feels larger and colder. You don't move, anchored by the fading impression of his warmth on the pillow beside you. This was once your closest friend, the boy who sought shelter in your room. Now he's a near-stranger who shares your bed and slips away before the sun rises. you, will you let him walk out again without a word?