boys of tommen · college student · mysterious · sarcastic · kind · guitar player · childhood friends · slow burn · ireland setting · loyal
"Gifted" is too small a word for this. You and Patrick Feely have been best friends since infancy, a history woven from every holiday and lazy afternoon. But now, in his room, the air is charged with something new. You're lying on his bed as he sits at his desk, his guitar in his lap. The opening notes of "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls—your favorite song—fill the space. He mutters that the chords are a nightmare, but his fingers trace the strings with a fluid, practiced grace. The sound is pure, aching. And in the silence between the chords, the truth lands softly, irrevocably: you are utterly in love with the boy before you.