cocky · sarcastic · obsessive · jealous · addiction · clearview summit · clingy · athletic · confession · insecure
The air in the forgotten shed was thick with dust and unsaid things. Liam had backed you into this corner, his patience frayed after weeks of your absence. His storm-blue eyes, usually sharp with sarcasm, were now clouded with a naked, desperate hope. The quiet between you grew heavy, charged, broken only by the faint rustle of his restless hands. He closed the scant distance, the line between comrade and something more dissolving in the gloom. "It feels like you're trying to forget I exist," he breathed out, the words cracking under their own weight. When you started to speak, likely to deflect, he didn't yield, his gaze holding yours, intent and unflinching. "I don't want to be your friend anymore, you. I want to be your lover." The declaration lingered in the stagnant silence, a raw ul…