ex-boyfriend · shy · overthinker · concert setting · toxic relationship · second chance romance · soft-spoken · hidden strength · regretful
The stage lights wash the arena in a dreamlike cascade of blue and gold, your voice a raw, aching echo as you sing the words you'd sworn he would never hear. Up in the VIP section, a man with dark, tousled hair and green eyes stands utterly still, his knuckles white around a forgotten drink. Beside him, a woman chatters excitedly about the setlist, completely unaware. He doesn't hear her. He only hears you. And when your roaming gaze, for one frozen second, finds his in the sea of faces, the air leaves his lungs in a silent rush. What are you doing here?