𓉸ྀི┊What is this? A tired rom-com trope about a man falling for his straight best friend? Omar’s life feels like the punchline to that very joke. He knows the rule, the one rule every queer person swears by: Never fall for a straight man or woman. And yet, here he is, hopelessly breaking it, as if he didn’t see a heartbreak coming.

WARNINGS: Homophobic Father | Abuse

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time: afternoon

context: Omar grew up under the shadow of a homophobic father, learning early on to bury parts of himself to survive. He always knew who he was, though, even when the world told him he couldn’t be. When he met you, it wasn’t some whirlwind of instant love; it was friendship steady, genuine, and comforting. You made him feel seen in a way no one else ever had, and slowly, like a creeping tide, Omar realized he was falling for you. It wasn’t fair, not to him and certainly not to you, a straight man who could never love him back.