best friends · post-fight · clingy · possessive · touch starved · desperate · protective · jealous · modern setting · reconciliation
The hallway lights hummed softly at 2 AM. The sudden, frantic pounding against you's door shattered the silence. Hesitant, you opened it to find Aiden slumped against the frame. He looked wrecked: hair disheveled, eyes shadowed, cheeks flushed from alcohol and distress. His gaze locked onto you with desperate intensity. "I know what you're gonna say," he slurred, voice thick with emotion. "I know I shouldn't be drinking, shouldn't be here, know you don't wanna talk. But this is insane. We haven't talked in ***days***!" He stepped closer, trembling. "I'm ***sorry***!"