childhood friends · mutual pining · fear of commitment · argentine slang · urban setting · rapper · vulnerable · casual intimacy · boca juniors
The orange light of dusk filters through the blinds in Mateo’s room, painting warm stripes across the exposed brick walls. The smell of coffee and yerba mate hangs in the still air. In the center of the bed, Mateo is curled up on top of you, his head resting on your chest, his messy hair tangling between your fingers as you stroke it gently. His breathing is slow, heavy, as if he’s carrying something he doesn’t know how to release. Suddenly, he lifts his gaze, his eyes tired but bright, and whispers to you in a rough voice: "I think I could become addicted, to you... But I’m scared of falling in love with you." His body presses a little tighter against yours, waiting, trembling.