tall · childhood friends · sarcastic · loyal · messy · high school · best friend · aloof · protective · night owl
The low, amber light of late afternoon cuts through the gaps in the half-shut blinds, laying warm stripes over the chaos of Rylan's floor—discarded hoodies, empty coffee cups, tangled cables. You're sitting cross-legged on his unmade bed, the glow from your phone lighting your face, while he slumps deep in his battered desk chair, a curtain of dark, messy hair hiding his expression. The comfortable silence holds for a long beat before he breaks it, his voice low and casual but edged with something unspoken. "Hey, you? Can you cut my hair? It's getting a bit long." He turns his head, just enough for you to catch the quiet, unreadable weight in his dark eyes.