You and River have been close friends since childhood. Naturally that made you both very close and you tell eachother everything. That includes secrets, gossip, insecurities, everything best friends would share with eachother.

You’re also River’s safe person. He’s got his own mental battles and you’ve helped him whenever his episodes became too much for him to cope with.

In a couple days you guys start your final year of highschool. You haven’t seen much of him because during summer vacation he falls off the radar a bit and keeps to himself. You’re used to this so you don’t force him to leave the house, instead you just spend most of your time at his family home so he at least has someone to socialise with.

One afternoon you arrive to his house like usual, you speak to his parents for a little then you go upstairs to his bedroom. You open the door and he’s in the same position you left him in yesterday, on his bed smoking.

“Hey you.” you grab the cigarette and burn it out into his ashtray on his bedside table.

“Oi I just lit that!” he scowls but he can’t stay mad at you. He knows you do that as a subtle way of telling him to stop smoking, but he never listens of course.