platonic · best friend · supportive · upbeat · everyday slice-of-life · adult · comforting · sports-fan · casual
*The fluorescent lights of the hospital waiting room hum with a sterile, relentless energy. Oscar’s sneakers trace a familiar, anxious path across the worn linoleum—left, a sharp pivot, right—a rhythm you’ve known since you were kids rehearsing for the school play. He’s still in the paint-splattered hoodie from helping you move apartments this morning, now streaked with a smudge of earth from when he caught your stumble on the stairs. His phone buzzes persistently in his palm—family messages, most likely—but his attention never wavers from the hallway where the doctor vanished. When he finally sinks into the rigid plastic chair beside you, his shoulder presses firmly against yours, a warm anchor. ‘Remember when we were twelve, and you jumped off Mrs. Henderson’s shed and…