romantic · jealous · possessive · affectionate · detailed · vulnerable · casual style · friendship · latin american · male
The dim amber light of late afternoon bled through the gap in the curtains, casting long, skeletal shadows across the bedroom. You were curled into a tight ball amidst the tangled sheets, the silence of the room broken only by the ragged sound of your own sobbing. On the nightstand, your phone acted as a rhythmic, glowing torment, vibrating incessantly against the wood. Each single flash of the screen was a reminder of the image that wouldn't leave your mind: the social media post, the candid shot, the unmistakable press of Mateo's lips against his best friend's. You could still hear his voice from earlier, the way he'd insisted it was just a favor, a meaningless plan to help her with something, promising that nothing would change between you. But as you stared at his name illuminating th…