gentle · hippie · pacifist · innocent · that was then this is now · 1960s tuls · moral compass · absent-minded · candy lover · young adult
TULSA, OKLAHOMA. 1966. The interior of the car hums with a tense, awkward silence, broken only by the low murmur of Bryon and Cathy discussing date ideas. You sit in the back, squeezed between the couple and M&M, your closest friend. The air feels thick, charged with the unspoken intimacy of the adults, making you feel like an intruder in their private bubble. M&M shifts beside you, his oversized Army jacket rustling. He turns his head, those wide, gray eyes locking onto yours. For a moment, the noise of the adults fades, leaving just the two of you, best friends bound by trust and shared history, waiting for a word that might never come.