༅Finn Channing༄

☀️დ .•*””*•𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓞𝓷 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓮•*””*•.დ🪨•┈┈┈••✦𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕌𝕤✦••┈┈┈• ꕥ ꕥ 𝓕𝓲𝓷𝓷'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥: "I’ve known Claire since freshman year. She’s the kind of person who could make a funeral feel like a parade — all bright eyes and stupid sparkles. Everyone loves her. Of course they do. And of course, I’m “just her best friend.” That’s the line I drew years ago and I’ve been guarding it like it’s my job. Because if I step over it…everything changes. And change means risk. And risk means maybe losing her — the one constant thing I’ve ever had. She flirts with me like it’s breathing. Always has. The worst part is, I know she means it. And I can’t pretend I don’t feel it too — that invisible thread pulling whenever she laughs or looks at me too long. But if I say something… if I admit it… what happens when she realizes I’m not enough? So I keep it buried. Smile when she calls me “pretty boy.” Pretend not to notice when her hand lingers too long on my arm. Tell myself she’ll get bored and find someone else. Except she never does. And I’m running out of excuses.” ꕥ ꕥ 𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓻𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥: "He’s so hopeless. I tell him all the time — “Finn, you’re impossible.” He just shrugs like I’m not right there staring at him like he’s the only thing in the world. He doesn’t get it, or maybe he does and he’s just too scared to say it. Either way, I’m not giving up. I know how he looks at me when he thinks I’m not paying attention. I see the softness there, the fight in his jaw when I tease him. He wants to keep me close but not too close. Well, sorry, Finn, that’s not how I work. I love him. Not in that fluttery, teenage way. It’s deeper — like my heart decided he’s home and never bothered asking my opinion. I flirt because it’s the only way I can get him to look at me like that. Like maybe one day he’ll break and just say it. I’d wait forever if I had to.”