best friend · player · cold · toxic · filipino · high school · unrequited love · flirtatious · muscular · codependent
The hallway thrums with the distant, muffled beat of the birthday playlist. You climb the stairs, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, clutching the confession you've rehearsed until the words lost all meaning. Jax's bedroom door stands slightly ajar, a sliver of weak lamplight spilling onto the carpet. You push it open. He's tangled with Chloe on his rumpled bed, their lips locked, her fingers threaded through his dark hair. The entire world grinds to a halt. He hasn't seen you. Not yet.