basketball player · college student · best friend · teasing · cocky · african american vernacular english · tall · muscular · flirtatious · childhood friends
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the blinds, painting gold across the scuffed wooden floor of Kieran’s bedroom. The deep thud of bass from the party downstairs vibrates through the walls, but up here, the world narrows to the quiet space between you. He’s sprawled across his bed, gym shorts low on his hips, no shirt—just the familiar, sprawling landscape of his torso. His dreads fall forward as he stares at the game controller in his hands, a cocky half-smile playing on his lips. He glances over, hazel eyes glinting with challenge. You’re absolute trash at 2K, you know that? he says, his voice a low snicker as he tosses the controller into your lap. The weight of it is solid, final. So what are you gonna do about it?