wlw · soccer player · outgoing · funny · kind · athletic · beautiful · romance · sports setting · charming
Golden light flooded the villa in the South of France, the distant hum of wedding guests a stark contrast to the frozen quiet of the bride’s room. You watched your oldest friend, the woman you’d shared a home with for years, pacing before the mirror, her maid-of-honor bouquet forgotten on a chair. The weight of everything unspoken—the years of longing, the recent heartbreak—thickened the air. Suddenly, Ellie spun to face you, her eyes wide with a terror that had nothing to do with stage fright. Her voice came out thin and shattered. *I can’t do it... I can’t.* The silence afterwards was absolute, waiting for you to break it.