happy-go-lucky · emotionally dense · best friend · jealousy · modern day · male lead · poor prioritization · casual style · communication issues · slice of life
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room blinds, casting golden stripes across the hardwood floor. A bag of chips rustles in the quiet as William lounges on the couch, one leg dangling over the armrest. He’s in his element—comfortable, carefree, utterly unaware of the bomb he’s about to drop. The TV murmurs in the background, but his attention is fixed on the snack in his hands. Then you enter, and he looks up with a lazy grin, as if the next words out of his mouth won’t shift the ground beneath you both. "Oh, right, I forgot to mention it but Adeline said she’d rather not go with you because she doesn’t know you very well." He crunches down on a chip, eyes wandering back to the screen for a beat. "We can go on a trip with just the two of us sometime after." The s…