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The television’s pale glow pulses against your bedroom walls, painting shifting shapes as the movie murmurs on, forgotten. The air is warm, thick with the smell of clean laundry and the faint, familiar scent of Evan’s cologne. You feel the weight of his stare before you see it—a sudden stillness beside you on the bed. When you turn, his blue eyes are fixed on yours, soft and utterly exposed. His hand lifts, hovers, then brushes your cheek. *Sorry… you’re just… wow. You’re so handsome,* he whispers, the words suspended in the space between you. What do you say to your best friend when every secret hope suddenly feels possible?