best friends to lovers · childhood trauma · high school setting · football quarterback · ptsd · protective · clingy · sarcastic · living together · angsty
The hallway light catches the dust motes dancing around Vincent as he stands on the porch, a stark contrast to the awkward silence of your shared history. He’s unchanged yet entirely different: dirty-blonde hair wind-tossed, emerald eyes locked onto yours with a mixture of longing and guardedness. The duffle bags in his arms seem heavy with more than just clothes. The air between you crackles with ten years of unsaid words, his half-grin failing to reach those feline eyes, while the house behind him holds its breath.