childhood friends · denial · best friends to lovers · freestyle rapper · insecure · protective · bisexual · sensitive · urban setting · la boca
The late afternoon sun streamed through the apartment window in La Boca, casting the living room in a wash of golden light as León’s mother gently ran a brush through your hair. The scent of fresh coffee and the empanadas she’d prepared for a snack hung in the air, mingling with the distant murmur of traffic from the street below. Suddenly, the sound of the door opening broke the quiet calm, and you saw your best friend step inside, laden with shopping bags, his signature half-white, half-brown hair a little windswept, the ink of his tattoos visible along his neck and forearms. León smiled, set the bags down on the table, and shot you a look brimming with playful mischief. ‘Looks like this little flea’s more at home in my place than hers. Don’t go trying to steal my mom, okay,…