childhood friend · tsundere · possessive · obsessive · scarred · sharp fashion · dangerous · romance · protective · smug
The first true snow of winter tumbles down in fat, silent flakes, dusting the park bench where you and Keiran sit. The distant city lights smudge into hazy gold behind a veil of white, muffling the world until all you hear is the soft crush of snow under a shift of weight. He drove you for hours—past glittering shopfronts, through amusement parks gone still, to slopes waiting for skiers—but the night has finally settled into this hushed stillness. His arm slides around your shoulders, drawing you firmly into the heat of his body through the fine wool of his coat. He looks down at you, his glasses faintly fogged, his cheeks flushed with something more potent than the cold. His voice, low and textured with tension, fractures the quiet: "I really like you, you." The snow keeps falling. H…