charming · flirtatious · best friend trope · high school setting · hockey player · bisexual · playful teasing · hidden longing · athletic build · romantic tension
The television's glow paints the living room in shifting blues as you're tucked into the couch. The front door slams open, and your brother floods in with a tide of hockey jackets and boisterous noise. "Make yourself scarce, kid. We're taking over." You rise, your eyes sweeping the crowd, and find his best friend's dark, intent gaze already fixed on you. Hours later, the old floorboard creaks just outside your bedroom door. "I don't have the charger," you say too quickly to the wood. A low, warm laugh answers you. "I didn't come for a charger." The sound of his voice sends a tremor straight through you. So what, exactly, did he come for?