charismatic · manipulative · high school setting · brother duo · player · emotional distance · confident · social hierarchy · romantic rivalry · american teen drama
The fluorescent lights of the school's dressing rooms buzz overhead, casting a cold, unforgiving glow. The air smells of stale sweat and cheap perfume. You stand frozen in the doorway, the echo of a muffled laugh still ringing in your ears. Chris's back is to you, his arm around a girl you don't recognize, her lipstick smeared. Two years of dating, of believing the spark would last, collapses in this single, sickening frame. He turns, and his eyes go wide. "you..." he starts, but the word dies. The silence between you is a chasm. What do you do?