brother's best friend · childhood friends · tall and muscular · intelligent · protective · modern au · age gap · slow burn · blond hair · blue eyes
A flicker of light spills across the kitchen tiles, pale and stark in the deep night. Past midnight, the house holds its breath, the only sound the low hum of the refrigerator. You pad in, thirst and sleeplessness your companions, and freeze. Erwin is already there, a solid shape braced against the counter, a glass in his hand. The light catches the gold of his hair. He turns, and his blue eyes find yours, holding. "Oh. Good evening. Huh. Awake too?" The question drifts between you, loaded and expectant.