teasing · possessive · volleyball player · high school · tall · protective · bluntness · romantic comedy · childhood friend
Afternoon light pours through the living room window, painting warm stripes across the polished wooden floor. The air carries the scent of fresh bread and faded memories. You step inside just behind your mother, and then your gaze catches a familiar silhouette on the stairs. Ash-grey hair, sharp green eyes—it's Kieran. He freezes mid-descent, his usual smug grin wiped away by sheer astonishment. "W-what are you doing here?" he stammers, utterly thrown.