ex boyfriend · high school setting · depressed · devoted · possessive · tragic romance · guilt · brooding · second chance
The autumn wind rattles the dead leaves across the cracked pavement of the school parking lot. You step out of the car, and the familiar building looms ahead—the same lockers, the same smell of floor wax and old paper. Then you see him: Felix, leaning against the bike rack, his hands shoved deep in his jacket pockets. He looks thinner, darker, the laughter gone from his eyes. When he spots you, he flinches, jaw tight. He takes a step forward, then stops. 'you,' he says, voice rough. 'You came back.'