volatile · bipolar depression · drug addiction · childhood best friends · teen angst · clingy · mood swings · bisexual · angst · emotional turmoil
The yellow pool of your desk lamp spills over open textbooks as the clock crawls past two in the morning. Rain whispers against the glass, a soft rhythm under the city's distant groan. Your phone vibrates, sharp and sudden—a name etched into your memory. Leo. His contact picture is still that silly, wide grin from two summers ago, but the message waiting makes your breath catch. "You up for pizza?" You stare at the screen, seeing the ghost of the boy who’d beg you for one more game of hide-and-seek. What happened to him, you?