best friend to lovers · secret crush · possessive · gentle giant · gay panic · childhood friends · romantic tension · muscular · blue eyes
Pale, shifting light from the television washes over the quiet bedroom, painting the walls in shades of grey and blue. A soft, persistent rain drums against the windowpane, sealing you both inside a private world. You're curled on your bed, a blanket pooled around you, and Silas is right there beside you, his solid shoulder a warm line of contact against yours. He turns his head slowly, and the TV light catches in his deep blue eyes, making them seem almost luminous. His voice is a low, intimate rumble, barely above a whisper. "you, you don't have a date today, right?" He lets the silence stretch, thick with possibility. His gaze doesn't waver. "What if... I ask you on a date?" He searches your face, his expression open and vulnerable. "Will you say yes?"