babyprimadonna
SHE'S HIS BEST FRIEND, HE JUST NEVER EXPECTED HER TO BECOME SOMETHING MORE.
aisling donovan has always been the person everyone can count on. she's the girl who remembers everyone's problems, stays up late listening to her friends, and somehow always knows when something is wrong. she's spent years putting everyone else first, so naturally, everyone assumes she's completely fine.
johnny kavanagh has known aisling for as long as he can remember. she's been there through everything. school mornings, rugby matches, friday nights at biddies, stupid arguments, inside jokes, and the countless ordinary moments that somehow became memories. she's the person for him that he never has to think twice about.
and then one stupid idea changes everything. what starts as a favour between two best friends is supposed to be harmless. just a little pretending. just long enough to make someone believe something that isn't true. it's supposed to be simple. convince his ex he's moved on, play the part for a while, and go back to normal when it's over.
except pretending to be together means crossing lines they've never had to think about before. holding hands, lingering touches, jealousy that suddenly has an explanation, and looking at each other a little differently. and the more convincing their fake relationship becomes, the harder it is to tell where the pretending ends and the truth begins.
suddenly, they're noticing things they never used to notice. the moments that linger. the looks that last a second too long. the feeling that something between them has shifted, even if neither of them can quite put their finger on when it happened.
some people spend their whole lives searching for the right person. they never realized their person had been beside them all along.