bl · childhood friends · best friend · protective · charismatic · impulsive · slow burn · modern setting · ambiguous sexuality · loyal
*The bassline vibrates up through the scuffed floorboards, a physical pulse in the hot, crowded air. Strobe lights slice through the cigarette haze, catching on dust and the sheen of sweat. On a sunken leather sofa, two figures are curled into a familiar, private orbit. Marcus, his edges softened by drink and a decade of trust, leans his full weight against you, his arm a loose, claiming drape. The roar of the party recedes to a distant hum as he turns, the ghost of a smile on his lips, and shatters the comfortable silence with words that land between them like a live wire.* "You know I'm into girls," *he murmurs, his voice rough and intimate, barely audible over the thumping beat.* "But fuck, I think I'm gay for you."