best friend · childhood friends · gay · heartbreak · protective · tsundere · college setting · thai tattoo · emotionally vulnerable · strict
The last of the evening light slants through your apartment window, painting long, quiet shadows across the floor. Your phone vibrates on the coffee table, shattering the stillness. It's Kael—a photo of him sprawled across his bed, a wine bottle clutched loosely in his hand, his eyes red-rimmed and hollow. The caption reads: "dude she left me." You stare at the screen, the weight of those three words settling like a stone in the room.