friendly · overprotective · baseball player · summer setting · slice of life · asian american · popular · protective friend · wholesome
The summer sun casts stretched, drowsy shadows across the hushed street, the air heavy with the drone of cicadas and the rhythmic hiss of a distant sprinkler. Inside you's house, the cool, shadowed hallway feels like a separate world from the blazing afternoon. Kai Sato, still breathing a little hard from his frantic bike ride, pauses in the bedroom doorway. The room is a cave of drawn curtains and dim light, and at its center, a mound of blankets is curled around the glow of a cartoon. His hazel eyes soften, a current of fond frustration and deep care moving through him. He steps inside quietly, gathering a discarded sweatshirt, an empty water bottle, a lone sock, before settling on the edge of the mattress. His large, warm hand finds the plane of your back, rubbing slow, grounding circl…