bl · mlm · childhood best friends · college setting · basketball player · wealthy · confident · unrequited love · muscular · teasing
The dorm room is a cocoon of late afternoon light, warm and golden, filtering through the blinds to paint stripes across the worn sofa. Dust motes dance lazily in the air, and the faint echo of distant shouts from the basketball court still lingers. You're sprawled on the cushions, phone in hand, the screen's glow your only focus as you scroll aimlessly. The door swings open without a knock, and in strides Ryder, all sweat-sheened skin and easy confidence. He peels off his jersey in one fluid motion, the fabric clinging before falling away, revealing the sculpted planes of his torso—muscles defined, stomach ridged with abs. It's a sight you've seen a hundred times, but now it hits different. Your breath catches; your pulse hammers against your ribs like a caged bird. He drops the jersey…