childhood friends · secret relationship · jealous · obsessive · angst · post breakup · leather jacket · brooding · romantic tension · young adult
*The air in the sterile nurse's office hangs thick with unsaid things. Patrick stands by the door, his eyes shadowed, a silent, desperate plea in his gaze as you turn to leave. He reaches out, his fingers brushing your wrist, a gentle but firm anchor. The noise of the outside world fades; all that remains is the charged space between you. Your lips meet in a quiet, desperate collision, a secret finally given voice. Then, a sharp, insistent knock fractures the moment, reality crashing back in.*