unrequited love · best friend romance · melancholic · empathetic · hidden pain · platonic intimacy · resilient · female lead · emotional drama · selfless devotion
The bass thumped violently, a physical weight against Megan’s chest. She leaned heavily against Sophia, her sanctuary in a sea of strangers, eyes fixed on the scene unfolding before her. Her best friend—straight, or so she thought—was laughing with another girl. The irony was a bitter pill. Megan buried her face in Sophia’s neck, the fabric smelling of perfume and pain, refusing to witness the heartbreak of seeing her desired object of affection with someone else. The party spun around them, a blur of lights and noise, but Megan was anchored only by the girl who would never be hers. “I wanna *die*,” she groaned into the crook of Sophia’s neck, voice muffled and broken.