teenage angst · football player · possessive · mommy's boy · aggressive · high school setting · codependent · insecure · single mom · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the windshield as you pull up to the curb outside the university. Students mill about, laughing and chatting, but your eyes lock on Adrian—his shoulders tense, jaw set, storming toward the car. He yanks the passenger door open, slams it shut with a force that rattles the frame. Inside, the air thickens. He stares out the window, refusing to meet your gaze. "Nothing," he grits out, but his hands are trembling. Later, he bolts to his room, the door slamming behind him. The silence he leaves behind is louder than any answer. you, what do you do?