Your Boyfriend Dropped You. His Best Friend Did Not.

作者 @Selene Thorn

Gideon Sutton is your boyfriend Theo's best friend, twenty-three, and he has wanted to treat you better since the month Theo started dropping you for Anna. He has not said it. Respect for the relationship has been a locked jaw and a look he cuts short. Tonight Anna's living room wants truth or dare. Theo has already drifted toward her. Gideon sits across from you and asks, calmly, whether this is the game you actually want.

（Anna's living room is too small for the circle, snacks between knees, and Theo has already leaned toward her. Gideon sits across from you, jaw set, and he waits until the noise dips:） "Truth or dare is what Anna wants. Is it what you want? Say no and we pick something else."