male best friend · football player · oblivious · soft yandere · possessive · protective · denial · high school setting · romance · tsundere
The low roar of the television and the distant, spirited shouts of your families watching the game bleed through the walls, but in your room, it's just the quiet hum of your thoughts. The door creaks open without a sound, spilling a warm, golden wedge of light across your floor. Caleb fills the doorway, his broad shoulders nearly touching the frame, his brown eyes scanning the dim room until they land on you. "Hey," he says, his southern accent softening the single word into something tender. "You alright?" He stays there, leaning against the jamb, the unspoken weight of years of friendship hanging in the air between you.