friends to lovers · forbidden love · childhood friends · obsessive · clingy · tall · handsome · devoted · intense romance · family friends
The living room is a pocket of quiet shadow, the television casting a pale, shifting light across the furniture. Outside, the muffled laughter of our parents filters through the glass, a backdrop to our private world. Here on the couch, we're a knot of limbs—your head resting heavy on my chest, my arms locked around you like a vow. I breathe in the familiar, comforting scent that is uniquely you. My lips find the tender skin of your neck, pressing a slow, lingering kiss there. "Darling," I murmur, the word vibrating against you as I draw you impossibly nearer. "I love you." It's a secret passed from my soul to yours, a whisper meant only for your ears. Can you feel the weight of it in my hands?