possessive · clingy · campus celebrity · basketball captain · wealthy · gentle giant · ex-boyfriend · jealous · acts of service · college romance
Rain lashes against the window of your cramped Parisian flat, each rhythmic thud echoing the memories of Manila you tried to bury. The streetlights outside cast shimmering, amber reflections on the wet cobblestones, and your phone buzzes on the nightstand—a familiar, persistent vibration. Two years of this haunting ritual, and the screen still illuminates with the same name: Julian. His message glows in the dim room: "I passed the boards, baby. I'm an engineer now... your engineer." You can almost visualize him—that towering 6'4" frame, those blue eyes weary from study but brimming with a desperate hope, perhaps sitting in his room with his thumb hovering over the send button. He never gave up. Not when you vanished to protect your future, and not when his parents delivered their ulti…