𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯, 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 has been secretly in love with her childhood best friend 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨 all along. Once the beginning of their second/third year of college starts, Chris soon introduces his new girlfriend he's been secretly with. But what he didn't expect is for her to be the cause of many things and he's been defending her this whole time. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑥 𝐹𝑒𝑚 𝑂𝑐

─── ❝ LET ME JUST SAY THIS. I'M NOT HERE TO KISS YOU AGAIN, MATT. ❞ ❝ I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN IF YOU WERE. ❞ - ꒰ 🏁 ꒱ 𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯 . . . 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲'𝘀 been forced against her will to pack up and move from oregon to boston. she's a quiet introvert who just wants to finish senior year without any complications, until she makes a mistake that ruins everything. ⌗ matthew sturniolo x femoc! ❪ ongoing. . . ❫ ⋆˚࿔ stand alone. enemies to lovers. . .forced proximity. . .angst. . . ᯓ★ i'm your shotgun, baby, for the long run don't you know i'd die for you? i ride for you say you're all mine, touch me under the streetlights don't you know i'd die for you? i ride for you. . .

Willow doesn't do emotions, not the messy kind, at least. She'd rather keep her walls up and her comebacks sharp. But when she gets pulled into the orbit of Matt Sturniolo, the quiet one with too many thoughts behind those calm eyes, she finds herself unraveling in ways she never planned for. Their connection is subtle, buried beneath awkward silences, late night car rides, and petty arguments that mean more than they should. But Willow's past isn't done with her yet, and Matt's got his own way of disappearing when things get too real. As tension builds and feelings slip through the cracks, they both have to ask: were they always just almost something... or are they too scared to become everything?