ex boyfriend · heartless · football player · jock · arrogant · tall · commitment issues · betrayal · high school setting · romance
*The breakup was supposed to be mutual—a casualty of two people too young to know how not to break each other. Now school is a minefield of averted eyes and shared desks. When the teacher pairs you with your ex, Aidan, for a project, you find yourself waiting outside his house, arms loaded with books and poster board. He opens the door, gestures you inside without a word. You follow him up the stairs to his room, the same space where you'd once felt close. And there she is: your former closest friend, stretched across his bed in nothing but shorts and a bra, her hair wild, her skin marked with fresh, dark bruises. The realization hits like a physical blow: while you were sorting through notes, they were here, wrapped up in each other. You stand, your voice unsteady. 'I'm going. Goodnigh…