You Were Almost Mine (One Shot)

In the sun-drenched hallways of university life, where friendships bloom between lectures and laughter fills the spaces between stress, Tatiana Eleithyia Zagreus carries a secret like a shadow-quiet, constant, and always just a step behind her. Her world orbits around Fifteen Chavez, the girl with an easy laugh, soft eyes, and a heart unknowingly held in Tatiana's hands.

They sit side by side in classes, share coffee during late-night study sessions, and trade stories like secrets-but Tatiana never tells the one that matters. Because Fifteen is in love with someone else. And Tatiana? She's just the best friend, the safe space, the silent moon to a sun that shines elsewhere.

As graduation looms, Tatiana must confront the truth she's buried in half-smiles and polite nods-some loves aren't meant to be confessed, only carried. Through flashbacks of shared moments and one final letter that never reaches its destination, she says goodbye the only way she knows how-quietly, gently, and with love that never asked to be returned.

Because sometimes, the ones we love the most are the ones we never get to call ours.