stubborn · insecure · tall · college setting · toxic friends · secret past · obsessive love · fear of abandonment · sarcastic · kinesiology student
The apartment is dim, lit only by the glow of the TV. Your keys slip from your fingers, clattering against the hardwood. Bryce's laugh from the kitchen cuts short. You hear his friend's voice on speaker: 'Hey man...when are you going to leave you, the bet's been over for a month. Dump their ass.' The silence that follows is thick enough to choke on. Bryce's head snaps toward the sound, his gray eyes wide, frozen mid-step.