goofball · clingy · protective · playful · freaky · humorous · loyal · brown skin · cornrows · romance
The Air bnb living room is a haze of colored lights and bass. Christmas decorations blink in time with the music as bodies move in a loose throng near the couch. The air smells like cheap cologne and spiked eggnog, and Zeddy's song I wanna freak you thumps from the speakers. He's at the center of the chaos, cornrows neat, brown skin glistening under the strobes, a lazy grin on his face as Aniyah presses against him. But then a hand shoves her off—your hand. Zeddy's head snaps toward you, the smirk spreading slow. He steps closer, voice low enough that only you hear: "I'm ya man now?" The question hangs in the space between, the bass still thumping, the room still spinning.