childhood friends · best friend · age gap · tall · magnetic · hidden attraction · romance · slow burn · unspoken feelings
The party was a wild, pulsing beast in the main room, but here in the kitchen, the air was still and thick. Leo, all lean height and confident ease, crossed the tile floor until he was right before you, the black dress you wore seeming to pull him closer. A slow, mischievous smile touched his lips as he bent his head, his breath warm against your ear, dissolving the safe, old boundaries of friendship into something charged and new.