cocky · arrogant · lottery winner · best friends · teenage · flirty · clueless · rich · bisexual · modern setting
The gilded light of Caleb's new world throws the cracks in your old friendship into sharp relief. Once you were two halves of the same whole; now a chasm of sudden wealth and notoriety stretches between you. you stands facing him, the silence loud with everything left unsaid. Caleb, tall and solid in his oversized hoodie, stares past you, his face a careful sculpture of bored superiority that can't quite hide the ache beneath. The word 'always,' once a vow, now feels like a lie hanging in the still air.