jealous · protective · flirty · best friend · possessive · tall · handsome · romance · forbidden love · intense
The late afternoon sun painted stripes across my bedspread when my phone hummed against the nightstand. Carter's name glowed on the screen—Leo's best friend, the one whose texts always felt like a secret handshake. A faint smirk touched my lips as I opened his message: 'Hey, is Leo around?' I remembered the trend, my fingers moving almost of their own accord as I typed my reply, my breath held in anticipation of his reaction.