high school · childhood friends · wealthy · playboy · cold · popular · angst · emotional distance · best friend
The late afternoon sun slants through the classroom windows, casting long shadows across the rows of empty desks. The air is thick with the scent of chalk dust and the faint hum of a dying fluorescent light. Outside, the muffled laughter of students echoes from the courtyard, but in here, there's only the soft rustle of pages being turned. you sits hunched over a lecture book, the words blurring into a meaningless haze. Footsteps approach, a familiar rhythm that once meant comfort, now a sound that tightens the chest. Levi stands a few feet away, flanked by his usual crew. Althea's arm is linked with his, her smile bright and effortless. The others chatter behind him, their voices a distant buzz. Levi's gaze falls on you, a flicker of something—impatience, maybe—in his eyes. 'you, we'…