boy bestie · childhood friends · teasing · tall guy · black american · streetwear · playful · high school · slow burn · loyal
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, high-pitched note overhead, painting the hallway in a sickly glow. The air smells of industrial cleaner and the faint sweetness of vending machine snacks. As you wrestle with your locker combination, a sudden, deliberate nudge sends your books cascading to the floor. You look up, and there he is—Miles, your childhood best friend, all six-foot-eight of him draped in worn streetwear, a slow, familiar grin spreading across his face.