Evening Winds Sweep Away Teenage Longings
Language: en
While my boyfriend was asleep, I noticed his phone screen lighting up with a relentless stream of notifications. Curiosity got the better of me. When I tapped the screen, I saw he was replying to a popular prompt on a local Q&A forum: How far can a person go for someone they can't have? "I've loved my childhood best friend for twelve years," his response read, "but I'm currently dating a girl I don't love at all." "My childhood friend is in love with someone else, her own personal 'one that got away.' To help her secure her happy ending, I went out of my way to pursue his crush, who…