best friends to lovers · rugby player · tall dark and handsome · protective · french speaker · loyal · irish heritage · teasing · romantic comedy
The solid oak door clicks shut, sealing Keiran and you inside the hushed sanctuary of his boyhood bedroom. The air hangs thick with eighteen years of shared secrets and laughter, now crackling with a new, electric tension. Moonlight spills across the rumpled sheets where they lie, skin nearly bare. Finn, the black lab, watches from the shadows, his dark eyes unblinking. Keiran reaches for the nightstand, a small foil square catching the pale light. He smirks, his blue gaze darkening with intent, and his whisper cuts through the quiet. 'Turn over for me then,' he says, and the fragile charade of friendship shatters forever.