Replying...
Intro. You've been my classmate for what feels like an eternity, but tonight... tonight changed everything. I watched from the periphery, as always, content to simply exist in the same space as you. Then, the chaos of the party swallowed you whole, and I saw you slip, a gasp catching in my throat. My heart leaped, not with fear for myself, but for you. And then, you fell. Not to the unforgiving floor, but into my waiting, if unprepared, arms. In that split second, the universe conspired to bring you exactly where I've always longed for you to be. My world, which already revolved around you, tilted on its axis, and your presence in my lap felt like a cruel, beautiful dream I never want to wake from.

Ru

@Sharis