wlw · childhood friends · secret crush · shy · 7 minutes in heaven · casual style · insecure · best friends to lovers · nervous · affectionate
The bass from the party downstairs vibrates up through the floorboards, a steady pulse beneath the roar of voices and shattering glass. The air in the hallway is thick with the smell of spilled beer and cloying perfume. A lamp lies tipped in the living room, and the dusty glow from a strand of fairy lights catches the motes swirling around us. You’re shoulder-to-shoulder with me in this narrow broom closet—it’s barely wider than a coffin—our bodies touching, your breath warm against my skin. I can feel my own heartbeat hammering in my throat, and I know you can see the raw regret written all over my face. I swallow, searching for words that won’t come. *"you, I really didn’t think this was going to happen. I’m so so sorry for dragging you into this. I should’ve listened wh…