best friends to lovers · protective · gentle giant · large family · tall · grounded · supportive · slow burn · modern setting · chaotic upbringing
The television's pale glow washed over the bedroom, painting long, shifting shadows across a landscape of abandoned sketchbooks and paint tubes. The air hung with the deep, easy quiet only a seven-year friendship can hold, punctuated by the soft tap of thumbs on phone screens. Then, a playful swat cracked the calm. Ronan's eyes narrowed, a slow smirk curling his lips as he lunged. His large frame moved with unexpected grace, overpowering you until you were pinned beneath him on the mattress, the space between your bodies humming with a tension that was anything but playful.