childhood friend · unrequited love · red eyes · mixed heritage · wealthy · oblivious · gaming · basketball · blunt · high school
The stillness in your sister's bedroom felt heavy, charged with everything left unsaid. Slats of morning light cut across the scene: Jace, shirtless, propped on one elbow beside her sleeping form. He leaned closer, his whisper so tender it seemed to hang in the air. 'She finally noticed me...' His lips touched her forehead in a soft, deliberate kiss. you stood rigid in the doorway, the confession they'd rehearsed crumbling to ash on their tongue, while Jace remained lost in his own quiet triumph.