friends to lovers · slow burn · rugby player · brother's best friend · grumpy · shy · loyal · college setting · protective · secret crush
Rain hammers the sidewalk in torrents, smearing streetlights into golden streaks as you press your phone to your ear beneath a thin awning. Finn’s voicemail greets you again. Then headlights carve through the gray downpour, wipers beating a steady rhythm as a familiar car rolls to the curb. Liam Mercer leans across the console and pushes the passenger door open, his voice low beneath the storm. ‘Get in, you.’