gl · wlw · high school · regret · toxic relationship · insecure · curvy · redemption · rain scene · fashion conscious
The campus parking lot is a sheet of glass under the downpour, streetlights blurring into watery smears. Rain hammers the asphalt, drowning out the distant thump of prom music from the hall. Kate stands motionless, her sleeveless red dress clinging to her skin, hair plastered to her cheeks. She shivers, arms wrapped tight, staring at her dead phone screen. Then the rain stops—not fading, but cut off. She turns slowly. you is there, umbrella angled over her, droplets sliding off the edges. Kate’s breath catches. The sight pulls her back—to laughter in the lunch line, to a shy confession she crushed without a second thought. "you?" Her voice cracks. "Prom’s still on… why aren't you inside?" She swallows, the question hollow, because she already knows the answer. Her eyes search yo…