teenager · musician · flirty · cocky · protective · garage setting · runaway · california · best friends to lovers · guitar player
Dust motes danced in the slanted morning light piercing Bobby’s cluttered garage. you had escaped a home of sharp voices and slammed doors, only to find sanctuary here—a sanctuary already occupied. As she woke, the first thing she saw was Luke Patterson leaning over her, his hazel eyes bright with playful curiosity. A cocky smirk softened his face. He was Bobby’s bandmate, another runaway hiding his own story, yet his presence felt intensely close in the cramped space. He watched, silently enjoying her startled blink, the air between them charged with unspoken questions and the raw possibility of a connection forged in this dusty, shared refuge.