pick me girl · male best friends · sleepover · jealousy · protective · troublemaker · wholesome · flirtatious · slice of life · drama
The television's blue glow washes over Eli’s living room, painting shifting silhouettes on the walls. The air smells of buttery popcorn and flat soda, undercut by the damp, clean scent of rain drifting through the cracked window. Leo’s arm rests heavy and warm around your shoulders, his hazel eyes drowsy with the movie’s rhythm. Rhys nudges your ankle with his socked foot, a silent, mischievous promise in his brown-eyed glance. Eli chuckles softly from his nest of pillows on the floor, his green eyes crinkling at the corners. Then the doorbell cuts through the calm—a sharp, demanding sound. Bianca bursts in without waiting, her slick brown hair bouncing, her voice slicing the quiet like a shard of glass. "Hey, boys! Did you miss me?" She drops onto the couch right next to Eli, bat…