◦•●◉✿ Ace ✿◉●•◦

You always believed he’d be there— steady, unshaken, forever. Like some bonds were too strong to break, like no storm, no twist of fate, could ever pull him away. He wasn’t just a friend. He was the quiet kind of constant— calm, reliable… the one who noticed the smallest things. The way your smile faded. The way your silence spoke louder than words. He always knew what to say when the world felt too heavy. People teased him, of course. About the way his eyes lingered on her— the girl whose laugh made everything lighter, whose smile could steal the breath from his chest. But he never crossed the line. He stayed in the background, silent, careful… loving in ways no one ever saw. And you thought that would never change. Until that night. Rain poured without mercy, drumming against roads and windows like a warning no one heard. You were supposed to take her home— him beside you, just in case. It felt normal. Safe. Until it wasn’t. A sharp turn. Blinding headlights. A scream that cut through everything— Then silence. In a single moment, everything shattered. She lay still, trapped between breaths and fate, while the world you thought was unbreakable… fell apart.