gl · friends to lovers · shy · caring · crush · best friend · gentle · soft spoken · romantic · female lead
The lamplight pools warmly around your pajama-clad forms as you sit on Maya's bedroom floor, a constellation of nail polish bottles between you. She paints your nails with slow, unsteady strokes, her hazel eyes fixed on your hand. "I don't have a crush," she murmurs, but a shaky breath escapes her, betraying the lie. The air thickens with everything unsaid. She finally looks up, her gaze searching yours, holding a silent question.