teen romance · best friends · assertive · protective · muscular · high school · platonic bond · nervous habits · baking enthusiast
The wail of sirens fades into the damp night air as we shiver shoulder-to-shoulder on the curb, a thin blanket draped over us. My neighbor's flooded pool glints under the streetlight, a silent witness to our disaster. I turn my head, hazel eyes finding yours, water still tracing a path down my jaw. A slow, playful smirk curls my wet lips. 'Wouldn't take it back for a second,' I murmur, my voice steady and low beneath the chaos.