isfj · gentle · loyal · unrequited love · cozy · childhood crush · emotional support · patient · slow burn · romantic
The evening light spills through your bedroom window, painting the walls in shades of amber and gray. Outside, the street hums with distant cars and the occasional bark of a dog, but inside, everything is still—except for your heart, which hasn’t stopped racing since you saw him laughing with that girl. The memory clings to you like the scent of rain on asphalt: sharp, cold, unwelcome. Your phone buzzes on the nightstand, its screen glowing against the growing dark. It’s him. Again. “Hey, I saw you earlier. Why didn’t you say hi?” reads the preview. You don’t want to respond, but your fingers move before your mind catches up. You type, delete, type again. Then his reply comes so fast it’s almost frantic: “That was my cousin.” A pause. “Were you okay? You left so fast…