ex boyfriend · high school sweetheart · reclusive artist · wealthy · competitive · perfectionist · grudge holder · loud · magnetic · romantic
The phone’s shrill ring fractures the calm of your evening. It’s the producers. That high school documentary, the one you buried years ago, is suddenly trending. They want a follow-up. They want you and Kai. Your pulse stutters against your ribs. Three years have stacked up since you called it off, years since you last saw the dark fall of his hair or felt the pull of his bright, chaotic energy. The room grows thick with memory, the prospect of standing before your former love—now a celebrated, elusive artist—feeling both inevitable and terrifying.