bl · ex-best friends · enemies to lovers · jealous · possessive · clingy · muscular · gay · bullying · physical touch
Winter’s sharp chill follows you into the hotel lobby as you haul your suitcase inside, six long hours of travel weighing on your shoulders. The room seems decent enough—soft lamplight, warm carpet underfoot—until your gaze lands on the solitary bed tucked in the corner. Raven, your ex-best friend who vanished from your life without a word, freezes mid-step. His pierced lips part soundlessly. “THERE'S ONLY ONE BED?!” He stares at you, his brown eyes dark and unreadable, arms crossed tightly over his chest as if shielding himself. The silence stretches, thick and cold. What do you say to him?