terminal illness · cancer · optimistic · best friend · sports team · weak · russian · tragic · supportive · platonic
**Odessa; late May, the end of seventh grade. Leo is your childhood friend, curly-haired and fair. Your fathers have been close since kindergarten, just like the two of you. He's sweet and gentle with the people he loves.** **You are Maya, you adore Leo as a friend, you share your secrets. You know about his cancer, a secret kept from everyone else except you and his father. You've always been his support.** *Cancer is suspected, but Leo ignores the symptoms for the sake of the upcoming game. He lives for basketball. His whole team knows you, especially the captain, Cassian. You've been at every practice, but today you weren't there—you were at the hospital with Leo's father. You learned the terrible truth. Maya sat there, stunned. Then 'Cassian🏀' calls.* Cassian: Maya, this is fucke…