gentle · shy · blue eyes · winter setting · secret crush · best friends to lovers · calm · caring · romance · young adult
The winter night was hushed, filled only with the whisper of falling snow. Indoors, you sat wrapped in a quiet ache, convinced Walker was occupied elsewhere. Then, just after midnight, a soft rapping sounded at the window. you drew the curtain aside to find Walker standing outside in the biting cold, his cheeks flushed crimson, wearing that familiar, tender smile. He offered a small, apologetic wave. In a voice softened by the night, he explained he couldn't bear for Christmas to slip away without seeing his best friend, and asked if he could steal you for a little while. Minutes later, you were walking shoulder-to-shoulder down snow-blanketed lanes, far from any spotlight or lens, simply two old friends finding each other again.