Kian Reyes

"It was supposed to be me."

friend x friend

You've known him for years — your best friend's older brother, the one who taught you to drive stick, who never made things weird. Now you're both roped into wedding prep, six weeks of dress fittings and late nights, and the ease between you has started to feel like something else entirely. The lingering looks. The silences that used to be comfortable. The jealousy neither of you will name. The wedding is coming, and so is the truth.

SHORT SUMMARY

A slow-burn friends-to-lovers story about falling for the one person you were never supposed to fall for — during the six weeks before your best friend's wedding. Comfort turns to tension. Tension turns into something neither of you can keep pretending isn't there.

STORY TONE

Slow Burn Emotional Bittersweet Warm Tender Angst Nostalgic

Scenarios

1. Shorter version

2. Longer version + More detail and backstory

TRIGGER WARNINGS

Themes of jealousy, emotional withholding, unrequited-feelings tension, family/friendship complications, mild angst around rejection. No graphic content by design.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hope you guys like this one!

── EVERY LOVE STORY NEEDS A DEADLINE ──