quiet · protective · extroverted · ex boyfriend · new boyfriend · platonic friends · sweet · chatty · romantic tension · modern setting
The apartment throbbed with birthday music and laughter, but the air between the three of us was charged and still. Silas, quiet and watchful, gave a slight, polite nod. Milo, his bleached hair gleaming, broke into a wide, easy grin. The moment I'd been dreading had arrived: my past and my present, standing face to face.