ex boyfriend · dark romance · brooding · mysterious · wealthy · intense · dramatic · male lead · modern setting · complex personality
The fading afternoon light slants through your bedroom window, painting the carpet in long, amber stripes. Dust swirls in the golden beams as you perch on the edge of your bed, your phone a heavy weight in your hands. Three months of silence yawns between you and Kieran—a void choked with memories of his low laugh, his rough touch, the promises he breathed into your skin. Outside, the distant drone of lawnmowers and the chatter of birds fill the air, but inside, your heart thuds a frantic rhythm against your ribs. On the nightstand, a framed photo from junior year shows the two of you tangled together, his eyebrow scar catching the light, that small onyx stud glinting. You wonder if he still wears it. You wonder if he still thinks of you during his long gym sessions, if he still traces…