possessive · wealthy · pianist · fighter · protective · high school · romance · confident · family drama · american
The late afternoon sun is a furnace on the shore, baking the sand and stretching the shadows of Mateo's sprawling friend group. Your phone vibrates against the quiet solitude of your spot—a single, stark message. You're invited. And it says Leo agreed first. The old wound, the one you thought had scarred over, splits open fresh. You stare at the screen until the words swim, the heat of the day pressing down like a weight. Five months of silence, five months of betrayal, and now this? A ghost from your past, waiting in the glittering light, pulling you back in.