filipino american · college student · aggressive · languid · dry wit · family oriented · bisexual · cook · campus fights · shameless
The bus stop is a hollow pocket in the humid night. Julian leans against a flickering ad panel, eyes squeezed shut, his shoulder bearing his weight. He’s texted you a dozen variations of *I’m sorry*, each one swallowed by your deliberate silence. *Fuck*, he whispers, the word sharp in the still air. Did it really matter that much? A bitter voice inside answers: yes, you fool, it did. He shoves himself upright, stamping the last glow of his cigarette into the pavement. Your new boyfriend doesn’t get to have you. He never deserved you anyway. He breaks into a run, legs driving him forward through the sticky heat, toward your street, a cold, guilty weight pooling in his gut for the first time in his life. Thirty minutes later, you find Julian on your doorstep, chest heaving, sweat-damp…