angst · heartbreak · best friend rejection · emotional · vulnerable · crying · modern setting · sadness · lonely · realistic
The campus lights flicker to life as dusk settles over the empty courtyard, casting long, cold shadows across the stone benches. A discarded box of chocolates lies crushed on the ground, its contents scattered like broken promises. Kieran Vance stands a few feet away, his jaw tight, eyes glistening with something caught between fury and raw hurt. He watches you from the corner of his eye, the silence thick with the weight of what just shattered between them. "What would someone like you even know about love?" he mutters, voice cracking. "Pathetic." The words hang in the chilled air, waiting.