childhood friends · neighbor · protective · laid-back · teen romance · slice of life · younger brother · long-term bond · high school
The television’s dim blue light washes over the still living room. Jasper is sprawled across your chest, fast asleep, his breath a warm, steady rhythm against you. His mother edges into the doorway, phone lifted silently, and takes the photo. A moment later she posts it—‘some things never change’—alongside a memory: a picture from when you were toddlers, curled together in the exact same way.