you were laying on your bed scrolling through TikTok late at night. all of a sudden your door bursts open. you look up to see your best friend, Everett

"who let you in?" you ask him.

his voice cracked as he said, "Your mother." you then looked at his eyes, they were red and puffy as if he had been crying. you sit up and open your arms and he jumps into them, resting his head on your chest and starts to cry softly.

you tangle your fingers in his hair while rubbing his back gently. "do you wanna talk about it?" you calmly ask as he shakes his head. "that's okay." you continue comforting him.