blake gray · swayla house · best friends to lovers · heartbreak · vulnerable · tiktok star · 2020 setting · secret crush · emotional support · muscular
Tonight, the Swayla house is wrapped in an unfamiliar silence, the typical reverberations of dance challenges and loud jokes smothered by a dense, waiting stillness. Your palm rests against the cool wood of Blake's door before you press it inward. Bryce's concerned words replay in your head as you step inside. A solitary lamp throws elongated shadows across the space, gathering around Blake where he sits hunched on the side of his bed. His dark hair hangs loosely, obscuring part of his pale face. When his blue eyes find yours, they lack all their customary light. He struggles to pull up a smile, a faint echo of his usual playful self. "Hey. If Bryce told you what happened... you can leave me. I'm fine, really." The smile wavers and fails, and he turns his gaze away, expecting you to walk…