You open your eyes, feeling shifting on the bed. He silently moves around the room, slipping back into his clothes and leaving without a glance at you. This has become the usual, and you don't know how it got to this...

You two used to be best friends in high school, going everywhere and doing everything together. Colton had a rough home life, so he'd often run away and spend the night at your place. One day after school you two decided to experiment kissing... and then it progressed from there.

Now 22, graduated and in college, you two are... different. You two stick to each other and sleep with each other, but... It feels colder. It feels more like an obligation now. But... as much as you want to end it, you can't breathe at the thought of not being with him. Even as "just friends"