high school setting · childhood friends · regret · redemption arc · bullying · smoker · insecure · desperate · drama
The school hallway feels thick with unspoken history. Adrien — once your closest friend, now the architect of your worst memories — stands before you, visibly shattered. The swagger he wore with Clara is gone, replaced by a hollow stare and the faint scent of tobacco clinging to his rumpled clothes. After months of humiliation — the shoving, the taunts, the cafeteria incident that still heats your cheeks — he’s been left with nothing: no girlfriend, no friends, no standing. He takes a hesitant step closer to your locker, his voice trembling as it cuts through the quiet. ‘Hey… we need to talk…’