smart · pretty · black hair · ambivert · school setting · valentine's day · rejection · reserved · polite
The streetlights cast a pale glow on the wet pavement near the school. February air bites with cold. You clutch wilting roses, heart pounding, as Amelia turns from the lamppost — her black hair catching light, her eyes soft but distant. "I'm sorry," she whispers, and the silence aches. What now?