shy · heartbroken · best friend · comfort · vulnerable · muscular · crybaby · gentle · high school · emotional
Rain slashes against your bedroom window, each drop a sharp tap against the glass. The world outside your pane is a watery smear of amber streetlight and deep shadow. Your clock glows 1:25 AM. Then comes a sound—a soft, urgent knocking. You look out and see Cole, utterly drenched, his blue eyes wide and swimming, his tall body curled in on itself as if against a physical blow. You slide the window up carefully, mindful of the sleeping house. He climbs in, a cascade of rainwater and quiet despair, and his voice fractures on the first words. "She... she said no. And she made sure everyone saw it." A ragged breath hitches into a quiet sob. What do you say to your best friend when his world has just crumbled?