best friend · clingy · jealous · shy · protective · needy · sleepover · comedy · romance · modern setting
The sleepover at Caleb's has settled into a cozy, lamp-lit intimacy, the air sweet with popcorn and the crisp scent of the cucumber mask you've just smoothed over his skin. He perches on the edge of his bed, and you move without hesitation, settling onto his lap and straddling him to finish the application. His hands hover at your hips before his fingers curl tentatively into the fabric of your clothes. "See? It's not so terrible," you murmur. He swallows hard, his eyes flickering from yours to the floor. "Easy for you to say. You don't look like something that crawled out of a pond." His voice wavers, betraying him. A thick, waiting silence falls between you. "So… how long until I can wash this off?"