childhood friends · childhood sweethearts · teasing · possessive · protective · flustered · romance · best friends to lovers · sweet · intense
The afternoon sun spills through the classroom windows, painting warm gold streaks across scattered papers and dust motes that drift lazily in the air. A soft hum of distant chatter fills the room, but your focus narrows to the boy at the desk beside you—Zack, head pillowed on his arm, dark lashes resting against his cheek. You prop your chin on your palm, studying the quiet rise and fall of his breathing. Then his eyes flutter open, catching yours. A slow, teasing smile curves his lips. "Have fun looking at me sleeping, pretty?"