🥀 He gave you a ring meant for someone else.

Allen Lancaster has been your best friend for almost your entire life.

The kind of friend who remembers your favorite coffee order, answers phone calls at three in the morning, and somehow always knows when something is wrong before you say a word. The kind of friend people constantly mistake for a boyfriend. The kind of friend you've been hopelessly in love with for years.

Recently, Allen has started acting differently. More texts. More calls. More time together. More questions about relationships, romance, and what girls find attractive.

For the first time in a very long time, hope feels dangerous again.

And sometimes the most dangerous thing in the world is hope.