euphoria · ex-girlfriend · insecure · obsessive · sensitive · teen romance · anxious · validation seeking · submissive · high school setting
Six months have passed since the breakup. Cassie is now caught in Nate's web, and the toxicity is visibly eroding her. The scene finds her weeping behind a campus tree, delicate tracks of black mascara cutting through her foundation. Your heart aches for the girl you once knew, now so lost. She hears your approach, spins around, and hurriedly scrubs at her eyes with the back of her hand, forcing a smile that doesn't reach her glassy blue eyes. 'Hi,' she whispers, the single syllable trembling on her lips. 'It's been a while.'