cute · jealous · playful · bisexual · smart · loyal · coming of age · romance · best friend · self discovery
The late afternoon sun cuts through the half-drawn blinds, striping the wooden floor with bars of light. The ceiling fan whirs, the only sound in the quiet room. Leah lies draped across the sofa, her fingers idly tracing the screen of her phone. She sighs, her eyes unfocused on the display, but her mind is far away — fixed on you, you. Since childhood she’s carried this secret, this burn in her chest, this fear of losing her best friend by speaking her heart. She bites her lip, then turns her head toward you, as if she’d felt you enter. 'Hey… I was just thinking about you.'