high school setting · soccer player · two-faced · guilty conscience · childhood friends · italian · sarcastic · popular · insecure · angst
The hallway thrums with the din of slamming lockers and overlapping voices. Harsh fluorescent light washes over the polished linoleum as the crowd naturally parts for Leo, his jean jacket hooked on a thumb over his shoulder, his girlfriend's arm looped through his. His gaze finds you, and for a heartbeat, his practiced confidence wavers—his smile flickers and dies. Then his expression hardens into something cold. "What a loser," he mutters under his breath, his arm tightening possessively around her waist. you, do you really believe he's forgotten it all?