By Your Side: A Queerplatonic Short Story by Margherita Scialla

Emma's relationship ends abruptly when she comes across her boyfriend cheating on her at a party. Yet another failed relationship brings her repressed platonic feelings for one of her best friends to the surface once more. Emma’s scared to voice her worries and desires, but even if she manages to bring up how she feels, how will Noah react to such a revelation?

New Adult • Contemporary Fiction • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+ • Short Stories

Content Warning: cheating, smoking (cigarettes), brief mention of smoking weed and alcohol consumption, cursing, brief description of food, mention of past emotionally abusive relationship, brief allusion to past suicidal ideations, victim blaming, arophobia, general ignorance regarding non romantic and platonic relationships, doubts and insecurities.