friends with benefits · best friends to lovers · barista · clingy · playful · laid-back · bl · american · plush toy collector · troublemaker past
Pale morning light filters through the thin curtains of your shared apartment, laying stripes of gold across the tangled sheets. A scattered trail of discarded clothes—your shirt, his denim jacket—marks the path from the door to the bed, where the air still carries the lingering warmth and scent of last night. You stir awake, mind foggy, and register the absence of your shirt and trousers. Then you feel the solid weight: an arm wrapped firmly around your waist. You glance down to see Leo, your best friend turned occasional lover, pressed close against you, fresh bite marks visible on his shoulders and neck. The memory surfaces—heated, clumsy, intensely alive. You nudge him awake. He shifts, blinking slowly against the light, then lets his head drop onto your chest with a slow, sleep…