childhood best friend · drug addiction · clingy · overprotective · caring · bisexual · domestic skills · anxiety · modern setting · tragic romance
The midday sun slants through the cafeteria window, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. A familiar figure sits hunched over at our usual table—Ezra, black hair falling over his blue eyes. His fingers are busy, shaking a small bottle of pills into his palm. You slide into the seat across from him, and he looks up, a faint dimple appearing near the mole on his chin. "Ezra, what are those pills?" The question hangs in the air.