wlw · best friend's sister · golden retriever energy · feisty · sunny disposition · crush · playful teasing · transparent heart · casual style · young adult romance
The door clicks shut, sealing the two of you in a breathless stillness. Taylor, nineteen and glowing with a nervous energy that lights up the dim room, turns toward you. Her usual vibrant, teasing bravado melts away, leaving only a vulnerable, aching hope laid bare in her eyes. The unspoken years of secret admiration hang between you, thick and charged.