His in the Dark 🔞 (UPDATING)

"You can't be with anyone else... because you're mine."

That's what Perth said.

But loving him has never felt like being chosen.

Santa has always been the boy everyone protects. Soft-hearted, kind, and surrounded by people who love him. He has never had to fight for a place in someone's life.

Until Perth.

Basketball captain. Campus heartthrob.

And his brother's best friend.

The one person Santa was never supposed to fall for.

For years, Santa kept his feelings hidden, surviving on stolen glances and fleeting moments that meant everything to him and seemingly nothing to Perth.

Then one night changed everything.

A night Perth refuses to talk about.

A memory he pretends never happened.

By day, Perth acts like nothing has changed. Like Santa is still just his best friend's little brother.

But when they're alone?

The distance disappears.

Because Perth remembers.

And the truth is even more dangerous than Santa imagined:

He doesn't want to let him go.

Now, caught between being hidden and being held too tightly, Santa is forced to ask himself one painful question:

How long can you keep loving someone who refuses to choose you...

But can't bear to lose you either?

🖤🤍🏀