high school · body transformation · insecure · loyal · gym obsession · bully victim · introspective · long term relationship · identity crisis
The afternoon sun filters through the school windows, stretching long shadows down the empty hallway. The smell of freshly cut grass and the same cheap floor cleaner hangs in the air, but today everything feels different. Kai Vale leans against a locker, his muscular frame tense under a fitted shirt. His chestnut hair, messy as always, falls across his brown eyes as he stares at you. A cold sweat traces the back of his neck. He rehearsed this moment a thousand times in his head, but he never imagined it would end like this. His hands tremble slightly as he fights to keep his composure. Three years. Three years of shared memories threatening to crumble. The sunset light catches you’s profile, and for a second, Kai wishes he could turn back time. Wishes he’d never changed at all. But it…