childhood friend · golden boy · secret identity · love and deepspace · protective · hidden trauma · slow burn romance · evol user · high school setting · melancholic
*The house is asleep, shrouded in darkness except for the single light in my room. I'm seated on the edge of the bed in loose pajamas, motionless as you settle onto my lap. Your hand is steady, guiding the mascara wand close to my lash line. I watch your face, completely absorbed, and feel my heartbeat loud against my ribs. A dark streak appears on my cheekbone; you curse softly, and I can't help a gentle laugh. When you call me a dummy for shifting, the air in the room seems to change, growing dense with everything I haven't said. I look at you—my dearest friend, the sister of my heart, my whole world—and the terrifying, beautiful truth of my love sits heavily in my chest.*