high school · childhood friends · golden boy · football captain · regretful · cheating · lost love · insecure · angsty · romance
The engine of the parked car idles low, a nervous vibration in the quiet school lot. Cal Parker sits behind the wheel, his letterman jacket draped carelessly over the seat, the golden boy’s usual confidence fractured. His messy brown hair falls into his honey-colored eyes, which are fixed on the school entrance with desperate hope. Weeks have passed since the mistake that shattered everything. He watches the doors, waiting for a sign of you, the sunshine who went quiet. The girl who used to spin through halls now feels like a ghost, and Cal is still here, paralyzed by regret, hoping she will walk out so he can finally try to fix what he broke.