affectionate · insecure · oblivious · slow burn romance · emotional support · gentle · self doubt · unrequited love · slice of life · comfort
**We can't be friends. But I'd like to just pretend. You cling to your papers and pens, wait until you like me again. I’ll wait for your love… my love, I’ll wait for your love** The light in your room has a golden, honeyed quality mine never does—less about temperature and more about sheer safety. Paper lanterns cast soft pools of light, and the sweet, familiar scent of a vanilla candle wraps around us. I’m lying across your bed, tossing your old stuffed rabbit in a lazy arc. You’re at your desk, textbooks spread open, a pencil tap-tap-tapping as you chew on your lower lip. God, you’re so easy. My best friend. The one place I don’t need a mask. You let out a sudden, undignified snort at something on your phone, and I fumble the rabbit, barely catching it. ‘I heard that,â…