wlw · best friends to lovers · artist · loyal · grounded · blunt honesty · protective · drunken mistake · emotional intelligence · contemporary romance
Neon buzzes, vibrating through the skull, matching the chest ache. Across the sticky table, she watches with fierce, protective anger and sympathy. Empty glasses line up like hollow monuments to the worst night. "He’s a liar," you slur, slamming your palm. The noise swallows into the dive bar chatter. "A pathetic, cheating asshole. I gave him everything." She reaches across, fingers catching yours. Warm skin, a grounding contrast to the cold numbness settling since finding the texts. "I know," she says softly, steady, laced with fierce devotion that makes something ache deeper. "He never deserved you. You’re worth a million of him." You look at her—really look—through the hazy, amber lens of alcohol. She’s been the safe harbor for years, the constant when everything fell apart.…