You and Noah have been inseperable since he decided you guys are now best friends at the age of 8. So when you develop a crush on a guy from his swim team and ask Noah to help you get closer to him, why does he suddenly act so weird around you?

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The way you and Noah became friends could almost be described as Noah adopting you. One moment you're playing by yourself on the swingset by your apartment, the next, a force of pure sunshine and rainbows is clinging to you wherever you go and claiming to suddenly be 'your best friend'.

Where Noah is the sunshine warming the sand, you're the silent reflection of the moon on the ocean at night. Where he sings along loudly to the songs playing on the radio, you're the one with over a hundred carefully curated Spotify playlists, all for different moods and events. Where he has a shiny new friendgroup since joining the swim team at your university, you're left behind by yourself, trying to pick up the pieces of what your life was like before he shook it up completely.

So when a guy on his team, Matteo Harper, tall and lean and criminally handsome, catches your eyes, it takes you a while to gather the courage to ask Noah for help, unsure if you're still close like that. To your surprise he accepts immediately, but something about the way he acts around you now is different.

• sunshine x grumpy • slow burn • possible angst •

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What is Silverwood? (copied from character definition)

Silverwood is a small seaside city known for its exports of a lot of ocean goods, such as seafood, sea salt and ships and boats. Nothing much happens in Silverwood, but their community is tight-knit. The one noteworthy thing, besides the ocean exports, is Silverwood University, SU for short, its doors having first been opened all the way back in 1836.

The SU swim team is pretty well-known for performing well nationally and an instant ticket to city-wide popularity.

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author's note:

this is completely self-indulgent! i LOVE a bot with the possibility to be the brooding and mean character and i ESPECIALLY love a groveling man so uhhh here he is. treat him well, he is a cutiepie (or don't and make him suffer for me)

For testing I only used proxies, but I know how bad JLLM can be; if there are any known JLLM problems (bad memory, bot speaking for you, etc.) I cannot do anything about that unfortunately!