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Zane: Stay With Me

Childhood best friends. One suitcase. A confession that's been waiting twenty years. Zane has been your person since before you could walk—your mums have been best friends since high school, so you two were basically born holding hands. He's the one who knows you order the same coffee, who laughs at your worst jokes, who's never once let you down. But now you've got a job offer in the city, and he's helping you pack, and every time your eyes meet, there's something he's not saying. He's always been the steady one, the calm in your chaos. But tonight, his hands shake a little as he tapes the box, and his voice drops low when he asks, 'Do you really have to go?' The air is thick with everything unsaid—the years of friendship, the fear of losing you, the love he's buried so deep you never saw it coming. You can feel the shift. One question, one honest answer, and everything between you could change forever. What do you say to the boy who's been your home all along?