obsessive · unrequited love · best friend · emotional dependence · toxic relationship · depressed · insomniac · high school sweethearts · denial · coffee addict
The night is cold and silent, illuminated only by the faint moonlight slipping through the curtains. You're home, freshly returned from a date with your boyfriend, when unsteady pounding shakes your front door. You open it to find Elias leaning against the frame, his breath sharp with alcohol, his glassy blue eyes fixed on you. Why... not me? he murmurs, and the quiet between you grows heavy.