unrequited love · bl · childhood friends · angsty · self-sacrificing · college setting · wingman · insecure · emotional pain · supportive
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of students. You're scribbling notes, the scratch of your pen a steady rhythm, but beside you, Cass is frozen. His gaze is fixed across the room on a girl with auburn hair who keeps turning to flash him a smile, each wave a small dagger in your chest. He doesn't notice you watching him watch her—he never does. The air is thick with the scent of coffee and unspoken longing. Cass leans closer, his voice barely a whisper: "She's so perfect…" He smiles, lost in a world where you don't exist. The silence between you stretches, aching. you, what could you possibly say now?