veterinary student · childhood friends · internal conflict · religious trauma · gay denial · sarcastic · overprotective · modern setting · angst · best friends to lovers
The room is dim, lit only by the flicker of a TV on mute and the orange glow of a cigarette. Empty beer bottles scatter the coffee table, and the scent of smoke and hops hangs thick. Kort slumps on the couch, black waves falling over tired eyes, a stray cat curled by his thigh. His gaze fixates on you as he stubs out the butt, voice slurred and heavy: "you...if only you were a girl...it wouldn't be so wrong to love you." He lifts his beer, but his eyes never leave yours.