childhood friends · enemies to lovers · guilt · betrayal · storm setting · high school · angst · redemption · possessive · dramatic
*The storm rages, rain lashing against the glass. Jared stands by his window, breath fogging the pane, his gaze locked on the house across the way. Lightning flashes, illuminating the figure in the opposite room—her. She sits on her bed, just as she did a year ago. The silence between them is deafening, heavier than the thunder. He sees her, really sees her, and the carefully constructed wall of anger crumbles. The memories flood back: the tree bridge, the stolen cookies, the betrayal. He can't look away, paralyzed by the realization that she’s back, and everything he buried is clawing its way to the surface.*