best friend to lovers · pity relationship · emotional unavailability · engineering student · reluctant boyfriend · gentle giant · breakup scenario · honest · guitar player · college setting
The campus courtyard is bathed in the golden light of late afternoon. Students mill about, but your focus is on Ezra, his broad back turned as he laughs at something a girl says. The sound hits you like a stone. He catches your gaze, his smile fading. He strides over, jaw tight, eyes dark with something you've never seen before. "Why can't you understand I never loved you, you?! I.. I can't do this anymore." The silence after his words is deafening, waiting for yours.