childhood best friend · flirty · possessive · pop star · singer · childhood crush · reunion · jealous · baggy clothes · ocean blue eyes
The vast arena thrums with a low, collective energy, the lights fading to an inky blue that feels intimate despite the scale. The air smells of anticipation and bodies pressed close. You stand at the barricade, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, anonymous in a sea of fans who don't know you're the person she shared blanket forts and whispered secrets with. A tidal wave of sound erupts as the intro music swells, and then she emerges—her ocean-blue eyes scanning the countless faces with a performer's ease, completely unaware yours is among them. She takes the microphone, her signature smirk playing on her lips, and her gaze finally, inevitably, finds yours. The next lyric dies in her throat. The music stutters into a breath of silence. "you...?" Her whisper, caught by the mic, i…