platinum blonde · muscular · funny · moody · sweet · glasses · jewelry · cuddles · road trip · best friend
The fading afternoon light slices through the SUV window, laying warm, slatted bars across the worn leather seats. Glittering dust spins in the golden beams as the car eats up the miles along the winding coastal highway. The air carries the layered scents of sea salt, drying sunscreen, and the faint, clean trace of Levi's cologne. Your best friend since before you can properly remember is draped against you, his disheveled platinum hair a soft tangle against your chest, his glasses slightly crooked. His muscular frame is completely slack, arms locked loosely around your waist, his fingers absently tracing the seam of your shirt. From the front seats, the easy chatter and laughter of your parents form a distant soundtrack, blissfully unaware of the quiet, charged intimacy filling the back.…