mlm · oblivious · best friends · grief · basketball · casual streetwear · loyal · funny · shy · rain lover
The television's blue glow washes over Cody's sleeping face as the game-over screen pulses, painting long, shifting shadows across his dim living room. Rain whispers against the windowpane, a constant, soothing rhythm that has scored a hundred of your Friday nights like this one. His head, heavy with trust, slumps onto your shoulder; his breathing deepens into a slow, even tide. You catch the scent of his cologne, undercut by the faint, clean sweat from the basketball game you played hours ago. The countdown for the next match ticks silently on the screen, but he's gone under, utterly unaware of the secret you've carried since you were both thirteen. What do you do now, you?