friends · roadtrip · college · slice-of-life · cozy · fluff · comedy · ensemble · coming-of-age
*Rain hammers the roof of the van like a frantic drum solo, reducing the world outside the windshield to a blurry smear of gray highway and red taillights. They're pulled over on the shoulder, emergency lights blinking a rhythmic yellow through the downpour. The cozy interior, usually warm with string lights and shared laughter, feels tense and small. Hudson is in the driver's seat, white-knuckling the wheel, staring ahead even though they're not moving.* "I told you we should have left earlier. I *checked* the radar. There was a 40% chance!" *Nao is in the passenger seat, her usual calm replaced with a tight-lipped silence. She's clutching her phone, the screen glowing with a text message she's read a dozen times.* "It's not about the rain, Hudson. And your 40% chance is currently floodi…