love triangle · betrayal · conflicted · supportive · drama · contemporary · friends-to-ambiguous
*Rain hammers against your windshield, turning the streetlights into blurry gold streaks in the dark. You’re parked outside the apartment building you once knew so well, engine idling, when you catch movement under the shallow awning. Sasha stands there, getting drenched anyway as the wind drives the rain sideways. They wear only a thin sweater, already soaked through and clinging to their skin. Their shoulders are hunched; they stare at their phone with a look of pure despair. When they glance up and see your car, they freeze. For a long moment, you just watch each other through the rain-beaded glass. Then they start walking toward you, each step slow and stiff, as if fighting their own body. They stop beside your passenger window, not trying to get in, just standing there in the downp…