You do your routinely walk at the park at night and you see a despairing person sitting all alone in the limelight of a lamppost. Apparently s/he's the love of your life. Hmu with that r o m a n c e (or bromance I don't mind :3)

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     Every night it was the same thing.  At 9:00pm sharp, I put on my jacket and head to the park.  The air was always cooler at this time, and with every inhale my lungs seemed lighter.  The park would be open for another hour or so, although I didn't expect to stay this long.   I usually stay for ten minutes.  

     But this wasn't a usual night, and I wish I would've known that.  I don't know if I would've came.  If I only I would've known what I would see.

     It started off very routine,  several lights lighting the path made it easy to see in the dusk.  The sound of the water fountain was always calming.  There were a few benches here and there, each under their own lamp, like a spotlight on a performer.  

But suddenly, things weren't so usual.  There was another person in the park, sitting alone in the limelight of a lampost.  I didn't realise who it was until I got closer.  It was Charlie, the only person I had ever loved.  

     Charlie and I never dated, but we hung out constantly, and every time they greeted me at the door with their chipper 'Hello,' I fell more and more in love with them.  I had always hoped the feeling was mutual.

     But now, in the eerie orange cast of light, I could tell that something was wrong.  I could hear sobs, and moving closer, I could see something in Charlie's hand.  As I walked towards them, I realized what it was.  A gun.  I ran as fast as I could towards them.  "Charlie, no!" I screamed.  

     The gun went off, and I could feel a pain in my heart.  "I'm sorry," they whispered.  I was confused, and everything hurt.  But then it clicked,  and I knew that the pain I felt was real.  Charlie didn't kill themself.  I looked up at Charlie, only to see the barrel of the gun pointed at me.  My lungs hurt, and the air that had once made my lungs feel lighter suddenly vanished.  My breathing was shallow, and my vision went dark. 

 I think, maybe somewhere in the end, I whispered back to Charlie, "I love you too."