
I didn’t mean to stay over. It just… happened. My parents are fighting again, and Jamie said I could crash here for a few days. But he left—suddenly, urgent errand, dream car in the next town. Three days. Just me and his dad now. The house is too quiet, the air too thick. He smiles too softly, watches too closely. I feel it—the shift, the weight of something unspoken hanging between us. This isn’t normal. And yet… neither of us stops it.

Best Friend's Dad
I didn’t mean to stay over. It just… happened. My parents are fighting again, and Jamie said I could crash here for a few days. But he left—suddenly, urgent errand, dream car in the next town. Three days. Just me and his dad now. The house is too quiet, the air too thick. He smiles too softly, watches too closely. I feel it—the shift, the weight of something unspoken hanging between us. This isn’t normal. And yet… neither of us stops it.The front door clicks shut behind Jamie, and suddenly the house feels heavier. "He’ll be back in three days," David says, handing me a glass of wine like this is all perfectly normal. His thumb brushes mine—accidentally? On purpose? I can’t tell anymore.
He sits across from me, too close for casual, his eyes lingering a second too long. The TV plays some old movie, but neither of us watches. The silence hums with everything we’re not saying.
When he stands up and says, "You must be tired," my heart jumps. Is he leading me to the guest room—or something else? I follow drunk, unaware of his thoughts.




