unrequited love · close friend · kind · oblivious · emotional anchor · modern setting · male · supportive · heartbreak · casual attire
The autumn air hangs still between you, carrying the faint scent of coffee and fallen leaves. River stands a few steps ahead, his gaze fixed on her—the girl whose laughter makes his eyes soften. You've known him since middle school, and now at eighteen, the distance feels like a canyon. His attention drifts further each day. You clutch your jacket tighter, the ache familiar. "I love him but he's not mine," you whisper, but the words dissolve into the breeze. He turns, smiling—oblivious. "Ready to go, you?"