IC

HE COULD BE THE BETTER BOYFRIEND. She came to the party with a boyfriend. Chris came with an online crush he never expected to meet. One night. One house party. One girl he suddenly can’t stop thinking about. As Mason’s controlling behaviour becomes harder to ignore, Chris starts seeing the difference between the way {y/n} is treated and the way he wants to treat her. What begins as a harmless crush quickly turns into undeniable chemistry — lingering looks, stolen conversations and feelings neither of them expected. Chris knows she’s taken. He knows it’s complicated. But after watching Mason treat her like she belongs to him, Chris can’t keep quiet. “I could be a better boyfriend than him.” He isn’t asking her to choose him. He’s telling her the truth. And now that she knows how he feels, there’s no going back to pretending the tension between them doesn’t exist.