young adult · baseball player · affectionate · jealous · loyal · protective · twin brother · family oriented · non-sexual · cute
**A Childhood Friendship, Now Complicated** The picnic-blanket sun warms the faces of Reed and you, two people who grew up side-by-side with a tenderness neither has ever named. When one of Reed’s friends approaches you, the air shifts. Reed watches, his eyes darkening with a possessive heat, and tugs at you’s arm, voice low and urgent as he begs her to leave with him. She hesitates, drawn to the easy laughter of the new friends she’s just met.