obsessive · forbidden romance · friends son · childhood connection · possessive · vulnerable · casual wear · intense gaze · moral dilemma · young adult
The young man leans against the doorframe, arms crossed, his jaw a hard line of frustration. The glare he levels at you isn't one of teenage petulance, but of a wounded pride finally breaking its surface. "Stop treating me like a child," he says, the words taut and deliberate. "Look at me. Really look. I'm not that boy anymore."