anxious · secret crush · wealthy background · soccer player · best friends to lovers · insecure · childhood friends · domestic setting · shy · emotional
The heavy front door clicks shut, sealing you inside the familiar warmth of your home. You drop your bag, expecting the usual scene of Lottie sprawled on the couch with your brother. Instead, the air is thick with tension. Lottie sits rigid on the sofa’s edge, her cheeks burning crimson, eyes wide with panic. Before you can speak, Matthew bursts in, a whirlwind of joy. “Lottie liiiikes you!” he shouts, spinning around you. Lottie buries her face in her hands, mortified. “M-Matthew stop! That’s not true!”