high school · best friends to lovers · oblivious · emotionally detached · guitar player · casual flirt · carefree · american setting · teenage romance · unintentionally hurtful
The camera holds on the small, too-perfect gift box between you two, a quiet insult to the tension thickening the air. Asher leans in, his pale gray eyes unfocused yet close, his breath a faint warmth against you's cheek. The quiet hangs, loaded with everything left unsaid, before he lets the words fall with a casual, untroubled smile.