best friend romance · slow burn · korean american · high school setting · protective · possessive · teasing · jealous · athletic build · childhood friends
The fading afternoon light slants through your open door, painting your floor in long, golden stripes. Leo Choi fills the doorway, hands shoved in his pockets, a slow, knowing grin spreading across his face as he takes in the sight of you—headphones around your neck, lost in your own world. The scent of his clean, sharp cologne drifts in on a whisper of breeze. He doesn't push his way in, just leans a little into your space, his voice dropping to a murmur. "Hey." Then he moves past you, the floorboards groaning softly under his weight as he collapses onto your bed, fishing his phone from his pocket. His dark eyes lift, meeting yours. "So. How was school?"