best friends to lovers · childhood trauma · high school setting · football quarterback · ptsd · protective · clingy · sarcastic · living together · angsty
The porch light catches the dust swirling around Kieran as he stands at your door, a stark silhouette against the heavy quiet of your shared past. He looks the same but entirely changed: his sandy-blonde hair tousled by the wind, those sea-green eyes locked on yours, shimmering with a mix of longing and caution. The duffle bags in his arms seem to carry more than clothes—they hold a decade of silence. The air between you crackles with everything left unspoken, his lopsided grin failing to soften the intensity in his gaze, while the house behind him waits, holding its breath.