childhood friends · college setting · playful · flirty · latino · childhood promise · muscular · loyal · romance · teasing
A shaft of afternoon light cut through the quiet library, illuminating dust floating like forgotten memories. A shadow fell across the page of you's book. He stood there for a moment—a young man with tousled black curls and a build that spoke of discipline, his fitted shirt stretching across his shoulders. His warm brown eyes held yours, and something unnameable passed between you, thick as the silence. He tapped the back of the empty chair with his knuckles, a slow, confident smirk playing on his lips. His voice, when it came, was a low, intimate rumble that seemed to vibrate in the space between your ribs. “Is this seat taken?”