Ling finally tried committing to something other than her career, the gym routine and a rotating roster of flings. She proposed. Her girlfriend laughed. Apparently, Ling's "I'm not a relationship person" reputation is harder to shake than she thought. Especially when her *actual* longest relationship is with her best friend, Orm, and the tiny child who bosses her around and claims "she's ours." Originally posted on my AO3 account. --- The usual disclaimer: The characters are obviously inspired by LingOrm, and there might be references to real-life events, but the story is purely fictional. English is not my first language, so my apologies for any potential mistakes. If you want to say hi, I'm on X: @yjkr94_LO Peace and Love, JKRs :)

Have you ever heard of a friendship crush? That strange feeling that lingers between admiration and love. It's not just wanting to be friends, but it's not quite something you can name, either. Just a quiet pull to get closer, to understand someone more deeply, without a clear reason why. Orm felt that for Lingling, a girl always within sight, yet never truly part of her world. They weren't friends, merely two people who knew each other from afar. And yet, for reasons she couldn't explain, Orm wanted to know her more. But the courage never came. Until graduation separated them, and that feeling slipped away, unspoken, unresolved. Then, fate brought them back together. In a foreign city, far from home. Under the sky of Melbourne, Orm, a student on exchange, searching for a place to stay and Lingling, offered her a place in her own home. What should've been ordinary turned complicated. There were tremors that shouldn't be there, emotions they couldn't control. And when their time was up, they returned to being strangers. But fate, it seemed, wasn't quite finished with them. Years later, they met again. This time, in Tokyo. Orm thought the feeling had died. But it hadn't. It had only been asleep-now awake, stronger, clearer, and far more painful.

🎬 Childhood friend to lover "Orm Kornnaphat, let's get married." This was Orm's first ever proposal. A moment that should have been joyful. But it wasn't. Lingling proposed at a funeral, under the first rainfall of the evening. What kind of lunatic would say yes to a proposal like that? No roses. No music. No ring. No one else around... just the two of them. And yet, Orm knew this wasn't an ordinary marriage. She also knew there was only one person left in this world she could still call her own. And she knew - without a doubt - that only she and Lingling could rely on each other now, to uncover who was behind the silent flames that wiped out their entire families in a single night. Orm took Lingling's hand. "Let's get married."

Five years ago, Orm and Lingling loved each other in secret, but life tore them apart. Orm stayed in Bangkok, trying to be the perfect daughter, med student, and fiancée-while Lingling rebuilt her life overseas, becoming a mother in her own terms. Now, fate pulls them back into each other's orbit. A chance encounter reignites all the feelings they tried to forget. Old wounds open, old sparks fly, and neither of them can deny what they still want. But with families, promises, and a child between them, nothing is simple. Sometimes the hardest thing is choosing your own happiness-especially when your heart never moved on.

At fifteen, Orm Kornaphat fell quietly, hopelessly in love with Ling - her sunshine, her safe place, her first heartbreak. She kept it a secret until the weight of her feelings could no longer be held in silence. But when she finally confessed, Ling just laughed at her. Now, eight years later, fate brings them together again at a wedding of Tan, Orm's older sister and one of Ling's bestfriend. But time has changed them both. Will Ling finally have the courage to say what she couldn't back then? Or will they smile politely, and leave the truth buried under all the years they spent missing each other?

Ling and Orm were each other's forever. Six years of love, quiet mornings, gentle laughter - and at last, the miracle of life growing inside Orm after a long struggle with IVF. They were happy. They were ready. Until one day changed everything. On her way home with a bag of fruit for her pregnant wife, Ling crashes. And when she wakes up... she remembers nothing. Not Orm. Not their home. Not the life they built. But Orm remembers everything. And though she's carrying the weight of new motherhood, loneliness, and grief for a wife who no longer knows her - she stays. She stays for love. For hope. For the promise they once made. But how long can one woman hold up a marriage for two? And what happens... when Ling begins to fall in love with her all over again - without even knowing who she used to be? A story of memory, devotion, and the kind of love that refuses to be forgotten.

Six years ago, Orm fell in love with someone she was never supposed to touch. Quiet, observant, and forever second-best, Orm carried her love for Ling like a secret storm - always waiting, never spoken. Ling was older. Out of reach. A ghost in and out of Orm's life, too afraid to love out loud. She left Bangkok, left Orm, and left behind a trail of silence she called protection. But memories don't leave easily. And neither does the rain. Now, years later, a photo exhibit built from heartbreak pulls them back together during a rainy Bangkok Songkran. The city is soaked. Old friends know and Orm and Ling must finally confront the truth neither of them dared say: What do you do when the person you've always loved is finally standing still long enough to choose you back? A slow-burn WLW love story full of longing, tension, rain-soaked nights, and quiet forgiveness.

Sirilak "Lingling" Kwong (G!P) ha estado enamorada de su mejor amiga, Kornnaphat "Orm" Sethratanapong, durante toda su vida, pero nunca se ha atrevido a confesárselo. Todo cambia cuando Tate entra en la vida de Orm y despierta en ella sentimientos que Ling desearía inspirar. Mientras Orm se enamora de alguien más, Ling solo puede observar en silencio, ocultando un amor que duele cada día más. ⚠️ Contenido explícito Esta historia es solo una adaptación. Todos los créditos a su autora original.

When Orm and Ling first meet, nothing makes sense. The timing is wrong. The chemistry is inconvenient. Some people arrive in your life like fate. Some love stories begin long before you recognize them. This is a story about timing that never seems right, hearts that refuse to let go, and love that grows or dies in the small, quiet spaces. AU fluff story with slow burns, tangled emotions, friendship, and simmering love. Ongoing story, will try to update everyday.

The heart she never reached for Slipping quietly into distance