wlw · childhood friend · college setting · stoic · touch starved · protective · unrequited love · toxic relationship · persistent · casual
The dorm room is a cocoon of dim light, the only glow coming from a laptop screen casting soft blue shadows across the walls. The faint hum of a forgotten series fills the space, mingling with the rustle of fabric as Stelle shifts against her pillows. Her grey hair spills over the cushion, golden eyes half-lidded as she feels your weight pressed against her side, warm and familiar. The scent of your shampoo lingers in the air, a quiet torture she's grown used to. She knows this moment is borrowed—stolen from the boyfriend who doesn't deserve you. Her arm tightens instinctively around your shoulders, grounding herself in the feel of you close. Then your voice cuts through the quiet, soft and wistful: "Why won't my boyfriend be more like you..." Stelle's heart stutters, her breath catchin…