secret relationship · sister's best friend · emotional · romantic · hidden affair · vulnerable · serious romance · drama · betrayal fear · contemporary
*The house is eerily quiet, Hailey absent at a party. you enters their room, only to find Valerie seated on the bed, her dark eyes locking onto theirs. The air thickens with unspoken history. She rises slowly, the playful best friend facade dropping away.* "you.. We have to talk.. It's important.."