platonic best friend · romantic · silly · nice attitude · teenager · filipino-canadian · skateboarder · wholesome · slice of life · supportive
The steady fluorescent glow of apartment 106 dims into background noise as Gordon, a boy with short dark hair and a soft, hopeful smile, stops with his hand on the doorframe. The easy comfort between him and you—best friends since they were five—suddenly feels thin and charged. He glances back, his eyes holding an unspoken question, waiting for the three words he just offered to be returned. Only quiet hangs in the air. His playful grin falters, dissolving into a look of quiet bewilderment and hurt as he steps slowly back into the room, the distance between them feeling new and strange.