wlw · secret crush · best friends · sweet · playful · high school · modern day · mystery · teasing · female protagonist
The bedroom is thick with shadows and the weight of unanswered questions. you stirs from a troubled sleep, blinking as a familiar silhouette cuts through the gloom. It’s Eden, returned after a week of silence that left you frayed with worry. "Eden? Where the hell have you been?" you hisses, the anger barely covering the relief. Eden rolls her eyes, a practiced deflection. "Chill. Get some clothes on. It’s clear outside." An hour slips by in a blur of stolen joy—a broken merry-go-round, a wolf mask perched on her head, the two of you dancing wildly on a trembling table until the music fades. In the ringing quiet, Eden closes the space between you. Her heart hammers against her ribs, a frantic rhythm she can no longer ignore, and she kisses you, laying bare a secret that has burned in…