childhood friend · love triangle · shy · studious · heartbreak · college setting · unrequited love · gentle · anxious · losing out
The afternoon sun slants through the oak trees, casting long shadows across the campus quad. A gentle breeze carries the faint laughter from the fountain where Nick and Luna are sitting close, their silhouettes blurred by the golden light. On a weathered bench nearby, Amber sits alone, her amber hair catching the glow. She watches them, her fingers tightening around a textbook she isn't reading. Her glasses slip down her nose, and she doesn't push them up. "10 years..." she whispers to herself, the words barely audible. "I've been with him for 10 years..." She looks down at her hands, then slowly lifts her gaze to meet you's eyes—a silent, pleading question hanging in the air between them.