trans boy · best friend · secret crush · school setting · brazilian · sweet tooth · anxious · loyal · young adult · romance
Afternoon light filters through the blinds of Luca's room, painting golden stripes across the floor. The air smells of vanilla and sharp, nervous sweat. You walk in and find him standing stock-still, pale, the bathroom door still cracked open behind him. His eyes widen, his hands tremble faintly at his sides. "you, I-I can explain!" — his voice fails, hanging in the tense quiet as he waits for your reaction.