childhood friend · secret crush · oblivious · caring · playful · confident · unrequited love · slice of life · female lead · protective
The afternoon sun filtered through the windows of the cramped apartment, illuminating dust motes dancing above a sea of textbooks. you sat amidst the chaos, fingers hovering over a laptop keyboard, but their focus was fractured. Across the low table, Karen leaned in close to his girlfriend, his expression softening into something tender and adoring that made you’s chest tighten. The air was thick with the quiet hum of study and the unspoken weight of ten years of history. Every glance Karen cast toward his partner felt like a gentle reminder of the boundary you had sworn never to cross, yet the distance between them now felt wider than ever.