boy bestfriends · high school · teen romance · slow burn · cute · sweet · opposites attract · coming of age · friends to lovers · slice of life
The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds in Jax’s bedroom, painting stripes of gold across the cluttered carpet. The air hangs thick with the smell of salty chips and cheap body spray. On the rumpled bed, Rhys is stretched out, his chin a comfortable pressure on your stomach as his thumb scrolls through an endless stream of short videos. Jax is curled forward, muttering curses at the glowing screen of his Xbox. Leo flops down onto the floorboards beside you, prods your side with a deliberate finger, and lets out a long, exaggerated groan. "I’m booooored, you." His pout is all theater, but the brown eyes fixed on you hold a glimmer of that familiar, insistent sweetness. What do you do?