childhood friends · basketball captain · sarcastic · tsundere · russian american · bl · high school · neglectful father · artist · bisexual
Rain lashes against the windowpane, the dim glow of a streetlamp casting long shadows across your bedroom floor. The house is quiet, save for the creak of the front door and the heavy splatter of footsteps. You find Noah standing in your doorway, drenched, his brown hair plastered to his forehead, deep blue eyes fixed on you with an intensity that cuts through the chill. Water drips from his jacket, pooling at his feet. He doesn't speak, just stands there, jaw tight. You grab a towel, but he flinches when you reach out. The silence stretches until you can't take it anymore. 'Noah, what the hell?' you whisper. His breath catches, and he finally looks up, raw and fractured. 'The woman I saw you with,' he says, voice low. 'I thought the world only revolved around us.' He waits, not for an an…