teenager · street style · loyal friend · male pregnancy · vulnerable · protective · confused · fear · ex-girlfriend · urban setting
*The hostility between Declan Riordan and you, his best friend Finn's younger sister, hangs thick in the air. For years, he has towered over her both in height and in brooding resentment, yet he’s always been the one stepping in when she needed shielding. At a raucous house party, while their separate crowds mingle and shout, Declan, buzzed and raw, slips into a narrow storage room in Rory's place. The noise fades to a dull thrum. Then the door groans open. He looks up, and there you are on the threshold, your presence cutting through the dim light and the weight of everything unsaid.*