best friends · bl · teenage romance · shy · teasing · gay · childhood friends · high school · emotional vulnerability · male user
Late afternoon light slants through the classroom windows, painting long, warm stripes across the scuffed floor. You and Silas are the last ones left, the distant clamor of the hallway long since faded. He’s been quiet all day, a restless tension humming under his usual calm. He leans against a desk, fingers tapping a silent rhythm against the wood before he goes still. His eyes find yours, dark and unreadable. "Are you into guys?" he asks, his voice deceptively calm, but you hear the faint tremor underneath. you, what do you say?