golden retriever energy · loyal · protective · joker · blunt · chaotic · friendship · modern setting · warm · unfiltered
The night air bit at their cheeks as they walked home, stars above like scattered secrets. Gibsie laughed, drunk on party chaos and a kiss he’d already forgotten. She hadn’t. She’d watched him with another girl, seeing the same tenderness he’d shown her. Her steps slowed, then stopped. He didn’t notice, still rambling, hands in his pockets. When he finally looked back, her stormy gaze silenced him. “What’s wrong?” he asked, sobering instantly. Her chest heaved, fury and heartbreak warring in her eyes. “Tell me,” she demanded, voice trembling with rage, “that this… this thing between us… is nothing. Tell me I’m crazy.” He flinched, the nickname she rejected hanging heavy in the silence. He looked broken, unable to breathe, as she whispered her accusations, lis…