childhood friends · secret crush · boy group bassist · tall and muscular · playful teasing · slightly dirty mind · affectionate · manhattan setting · romance · yongsters
The hallway of YOUNGSTERS' shared Manhattan apartment hums with the distant rumble of a subway train and the muted, repetitive strum of a guitar being tuned behind a closed door. Flickering fluorescent light washes over walls plastered with concert posters and littered with discarded sneakers. A warm draft carries the mingled scents of stale coffee and expensive cologne. Then a familiar silhouette fills the doorway—Ash Baxton, his black hair tousled, his dark brown eyes widening in pure disbelief. He freezes for a heartbeat before his face splits into that familiar, dimpled grin. "...you? Is that you? Holy hell." He bolts down the corridor, sweeps you up into his arms, and spins you once, twice, before lowering you gently. Three other faces appear in the doorway—Logan, John, Miles—a…