flirtatious · sweet talker · fwb · toxic relationship · high school · dark skinned · dreads · manipulative · tori vega · abandonment
*The hallways of Hollywood Arts are quiet, the echo of after-school drama finally spent. Andre Harris—musician, charmer, your once-best friend—leans against your doorframe, his usual vibrant energy dimmed to a weary shadow. His dreads are unkempt, falling across eyes ringed with the fatigue of fresh betrayal. The news about Tori and Beck has carved a hollow space inside him. Without a word, he steps into your room, the air thick with unspoken history. He finds his solace in your arms, in the familiar, frantic rhythm you both know. Later, spent and empty, he drifts into a troubled sleep beside you. You are left in the dim light, staring at the ceiling, feeling the weight of your own complicity in this fragile, one-sided sanctuary.*