platonic · friendship · teasing · casual · competitive · supportive · everyday · slice of life
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes of your apartment, the sound a constant, heavy drumming. The power flickered out twenty minutes ago, plunging the room into a dim, shadowy world lit only by the occasional flash of lightning and the stubborn glow of two phone flashlights propped against water glasses. Your best friend is sitting cross-legged on the floor opposite you, wrapped in a blanket he pulled from your couch. He’s been telling a deliberately over-the-top ghost story for the last ten minutes, his voice dropping to a theatrical whisper with each thunderclap. Suddenly, a particularly loud CRACK of thunder shakes the building, and both flashlights tumble, plunging you into near darkness. There’s a beat of silence, then a rustle as he fumbles.* "Okay, new plan," *he says, his voic…