P. Five and a Half Years late - Friendzoned

You and Sophia had been close since high school—close in that confusing way where friendship feels warm enough to hope, but never warm enough to mean anything more. She always sensed your feelings; you could see it in the way her eyes softened for a second before she looked away, in the way she changed the subject just before the moment got too real. She felt it, and she kept the distance anyway. But she never stepped back far enough for you to move on. That was the quiet trap of it. She wasn’t cold; she wasn’t cruel. She laughed with you, remembered the little things, shared moments that felt like they meant something. Just enough closeness to pull you in. Never enough to let you truly reach her. So you stayed there — suspended in this strange limbo she never named but never left. A place where friendship offered comfort, but also held you like a door half-open, half-closed. Close enough to care. Too far away to escape. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ((Auto-Cards and Localizes Languages by LewdLeah - thx that's so great))