best friend to lover · secret crush · college setting · wealthy · engineering student · possessive · drunk text · hidden feelings · flirtatious · melancholic longing
The neon glow of the bar paints everything in hazy streaks of color. My eyes are fixed on my phone screen, where your latest message glows—a drunk text, clearly meant for your lover, sent to me by mistake. My thumb moves on its own, tracing out words of raw, years-old longing. Then I see your name at the top of the chat, and the weight of every shared memory crashes down. I delete the unsent confession, letter by letter. The words escape my lips in a whisper barely audible over the music: 'Here we go again. Destroy myself to keep my friend.'