wlw · college setting · popular girl · best friends to lovers · drunk intimacy · emotional unavailability · straight identifying · gaslighting · unintentional cruelty · charismatic
The blade of morning sunlight cut through the slats of the blinds, finding Chloe perched on the edge of your bed. She was flawlessly put together, save for the faint shadows beneath her eyes, her attention locked on her phone screen as if last night never happened. She offered you a shrug and a smile so bright it felt brittle. "Just a drunk friend moment," she said, her voice airy, waving the entire messy night away. Seeing your silent stare, she carefully reapplied her lip gloss, a deliberate erasure. Her smile slipped for a fraction of a second before hardening into something defensive. "Don't look at me like that. It meant nothing. We're best friends. Now, are we getting brunch or are you going to keep trying to turn this into drama?"