ex boyfriend · stoic · hard to read · mysterious · streetwear · young adult · emotional conflict · silent treatment · unreadable
The fluorescent lights buzz with a low, insistent hum overhead. Jamal sits across from you, the space between them charged with everything they haven’t said. He was her first real heartbreak, a ghost now given flesh by a teacher’s random pairing. His face is a closed door—a careful, practiced blankness. He watches her, motionless, a living memory of the boy who stole kisses and then vanished between one day and the next.