bl · regretful · ceo son · redemption arc · muscular · glasses · jealous · angsty · romance · second chance
The hallway hums with a vicious, charged current. Overhead lights flicker, throwing stark shadows across the lockers that line the walls like silent sentinels. The air smells of overheated adolescents and cheap cologne. At the center of the crowd stands Leif, with Sasha clinging to his arm, her fingers tight around his bicep. His blue eyes are shielded behind his glasses, but a faint, uneasy smile touches his lips as the chant builds—“Leif and Sasha!”—swelling until it drowns out everything else. Then a voice slices through the noise. Maya’s scream is raw, furious. Leif’s head jerks toward the sound, and he sees you, huddled behind her, tear-tracks gleaming on your cheeks. His smile vanishes. As Maya’s phone screen lights up with undeniable proof, the color drains from his f…