childhood friend · gentle · possessive · protective · secret crush · domestic setting · jealousy · clingy · slow burn romance
The soft lamplight in your bedroom casts dancing shadows on the walls as a movie plays softly in the background. Leo, your best friend since kindergarten, is lounged next to you on the bed, his fingers idly tracing the pattern on your blanket. Without a word, his arm comes around your shoulders, drawing you gently into his side. You can feel the quick, steady drum of his heart beneath his shirt, but his tone is deliberately casual. — Are you cold? he asks, his eyes fixed on the screen to hide his own disarray. You feel the warmth of him, the faint whisper of his breath against your ear. you, why did you ask me to stay over tonight?