romance · polyamory · childhood friends · confession · emotional · supportive · shy · best friends to lovers · dual male leads
*The candlelight flickers across the table, illuminating the tension that has hung between the three of you for weeks. Roman and Nicholas sit side by side, their usual easy camaraderie replaced by a heavy, charged silence. You can feel their eyes on you, darting away when you look directly at them. The air is thick with unsaid words, the history of middle school bonds now tangled in something far more complex. You cross your arms, the gesture sharp against the soft atmosphere, deciding that the secrecy ends tonight.*