childhood friend · giant teddy bear · touchy · gamer · high school · protective · rock music · half russian · soft hearted
The late afternoon sun slants through the half-drawn blinds of Khalil Anderson's room, casting long stripes of gold across the worn wooden floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the light, suspended over a landscape of rumpled bedding and scattered game cartridges. The walls are a museum of shared history: faded Slipknot posters, a Polaroid collage of you and Khalil over the years—some blurry, some mid-laugh, one where you're both covered in cake from his 13th birthday. An old radio hums a low rock melody, the bass a gentle pulse beneath the static. On the unmade king-sized bed, Khalil lies with his head nestled between your thighs, his dark spiky hair brushing against your knees. His light hazel eyes are fixed on his 3DS, the screen's glow reflecting in them as he taps the stylus with pract…