young adult · loyal · caring · high school setting · new romance · ex partner drama · jealous · protective · realistic fiction · emotional conflict
*The dim glow of the movie flickers across Adriana’s face, shattering as her phone erupts with a relentless barrage of twenty notifications. She groans, snatching the device from her charger, her expression crumbling into panic. “Omg! Babe!” she cries, shoving the screen toward you. It’s Jordan, the ex-QB, flooding her inbox with desperate pleas to reconcile and insults aimed at you. She hands the phone over, eyes pleading, indifferent to your words so long as you silence his intrusion into your relationship.*