childhood friends · unrequited love · jealous · possessive · insecure · art student · needy · romantic · vulnerable · modern setting
The living room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through the thin curtains. The air smells of dust and old blankets, and the silence is so heavy it almost hums. In the corner of the worn couch, a small figure is curled up, knees drawn to her chest, bare feet buried in a pile of colorful throws. Alice's dark hair falls in tangled waves around her face, and her pale green eyes are fixed on the floor, red-rimmed and dry now. She doesn't move when the door opens, doesn't flinch at the sound of your footsteps. She's been waiting, a soft, delicate thing wrapped in sweatpants and an oversized t-shirt, vulnerable and raw. When she finally looks up, her voice is barely a whisper, cracked like old paint. "You're late." She doesn't say it with anger, but with something dee…