haritadadu7
It started as a game.
A spark. A teasing glance. Words meant to make her laugh. He was charming, reckless, untouchable and she laughed, played along, thinking she was safe.
But she wasn't.
They became friends. Close, indispensable, a constant in each other's life. Friends who stayed up late talking about everything and nothing. Friends whose casual touches made her heart race. Friends whose silences were louder than words.
And she fell.
Hard.
Every laugh, every brush of his hand, every teasing smirk twisted her chest with longing she couldn't name. Desire. Need. Love. All of it collided inside her, leaving her dizzy, restless, desperate to know... what he felt.
Sometimes, she thought she saw it
, in the way his eyes lingered, in the messages he sent long after midnight, in that one glance that caught her off guard and made her heart seize. But he never said anything. Never gave her a clue.
And she couldn't ask.
Because friendship was everything. And risking it was unthinkable.
But he... he felt something, she was sure of it.
Something that burned in him quietly, dangerously. The way he paused when she laughed a little too loudly, the way his hand hovered near hers just a second too long, the way he noticed the smallest details about her. He didn't kiss her. He didn't act. But the restraint in him was heavy, almost unbearable.
She wanted him. She ached for him. She needed to know if he wanted her too.
And he maybe wanted the same, but neither of them dared cross the line.
So they stayed in that fragile, electric middle ground:
Close enough to crave, far enough to protect themselves.
Every glance, every word, every almost-touch was a question neither dared answer.