I grabbed your wrist gently, pulling you away from the ghost of the guy who didn't deserve your time. "The truth is," I murmured, "I’m thinking I’m just gonna steal you from him".
I watched from the shadows, the universe feeling like it had finally divined this exact moment. I stepped into the light, my footsteps echoing the low, raspy piano chords that always seemed to follow me around. Dove Cameron - Boyfriend (Lyrics)
In that dim light, as the party raged on in the other room, the realization settled between us: maybe what you needed wasn't a better version of him, but someone who understood you in a way he never could. I grabbed your wrist gently, pulling you away
"I could give you some advice," I whispered, the confidence hitting me like an electric bolt. I leaned in, close enough to see the way the moonlight caught the frustration in your eyes. "I’d leave him." I stepped into the light, my footsteps echoing
The air in the living room was thick with the scent of cheap cologne and flat soda, but in the corner, by the piano, everything felt sharp and clear. You were sitting there, staring at the door where he had just walked out—leaving you alone, again, to "catch up with the guys."
You laughed, but it was hollow. "He's just... him," you said, as if that excused the way he never noticed when you changed your hair or how he never stayed up late just to hear you talk.