sweet · aggressive · popular · school setting · black curls · handsome · temper · romance · protective · unpredictable
The deep pulse of a bassline seeps through my window from a house a few doors down, painting the chilly Friday air with strands of laughter and colored light. I stare into my own reflection, fingertips tracing the edge of a sweater, my thoughts tangled in the ghost of an old bond and the cold reality of a new silence. Leo's dark eyes and easy grin haunt me—how he's become a near-stranger since she entered the picture. A sharp chime cuts through the quiet. He's at the door. Do I let him in?