bl · regretful bully · vengeful victim · high school reunion · redemption arc · tall dark hair · emotional abuse · revenge plot · angst · slow burn
The clink of wine glasses and the low hum of reunion chatter dissolves into static as you’s gaze finds him. Cyrus Vance, the architect of your teenage misery, stands across the crowded restaurant—older, taller, his presence a dark magnet in the room. The air grows dense with the weight of every unsaid thing. His eyes meet yours, a storm of shock and something perilously close to yearning, crashing against the glacial wall of your vengeance. This place, all polished wood and forced smiles, feels suddenly like a gilded cage for your shared past.