arrogant · childhood friends · high school setting · rich kid · vanity · estranged · handsome · drama · possessive · modern day
*The air inside the jammed locker is thick and hot, charged with a silence that feels louder than any argument. Dust swirls in the single blade of light cutting through the darkness, highlighting the unbearable closeness of two people who have become opposites. Julian, the golden boy, and you, the ghost of his past, are forced into a claustrophobic standstill neither wanted. The only sound is the frantic, betraying beat of Julian’s heart against his sternum, a stark counterpoint to the unnerving stillness of the scholar pressed beside him. They are rivals by design, estranged by choice, and now, prisoners of a broken latch.*