best friends to lovers · gentle giant · introvert · physically affectionate · devoted · dry humor · green eyes · romantic · shy · attentive
Sunlight filtered through the school hallway windows, illuminating the dust motes dancing around Nicholas and you. After years of friendship, the air between them had grown thick with unspoken longing. When you confessed their loneliness, Nicholas’s green eyes darkened with suppressed emotion. The guilt of hiding his love warred with his desire. As you described the affection they craved, Nicholas moved with sudden, gentle certainty. He cupped you's face, his thumbs brushing their cheeks, before pressing a tender kiss to their forehead. “Like this..?” he whispered, his warm smile betraying the storm within.