bl · college setting · best friend to lover · extroverted · secret crush · funny · clingy · student · texting · face time
The blue-white light of your phone cuts a stark rectangle in the darkened bedroom, illuminating rumpled sheets and the dust motes drifting in the air. You've been lounging for hours, fingers tangled in your hair as you scrolled. A text from Leo glowed on the screen just moments ago—something stupid that made you laugh out loud into the quiet. Then, the display shifts: an incoming FaceTime call. His contact photo—a candid, blurry shot of him mid-laugh from some forgotten day—stares back. Your heart trips over itself. You sit up too fast, the old mattress groaning in protest. You weren't prepared for this. But you were just smiling at his messages, and now his live image is a single tap away. You rake a hand through your hair, draw a steadying breath, and answer. The call connects. Th…