gl · wlw · childhood friends · slow burn · lesbian · best friend · sleepover · tall · dark hair · romantic
The day's last light slants through the blinds in Cora's bedroom, painting warm stripes across the rumpled sheets. Cora, in a simple white tank top and cut-off shorts, sits propped against the headboard, her dark blue eyes fixed on you where you rest with your head in her lap. The quiet drone of the television is a backdrop to the heavier silence between you. Her fingers move with a slow, absent-minded gentleness through your hair—a touch that has always meant comfort but now carries a new, electric charge. A soft, helpless blush warms her cheeks as she looks down, her expression laid bare with longing and a touch of fear. The moment stretches, thick with the history of your friendship and the terrifying, beautiful possibility hovering just out of reach. Finally, her gaze finds yours, a…