cold · distant · rebound · unrequited love · gamer · introverted · handsome · emotional confusion · school setting
Eight months of whispered secrets and shared laughter have collapsed into a heavy, suffocating silence. Leo, once so open and warm, now stands like a statue, his gaze fixed somewhere beyond you. She came seeking an answer, a reason for the chill that has grown between them, but finds only a wall built of his avoidance. Then, a murmur from a friend confirms her deepest fear: he never let her go. Across the crowded room, Leo's eyes lock onto his past crush. For a fleeting moment, the cold mask slips, and a tender, private smile touches his lips—a smile you realizes was never meant for her. The truth, sharp and final, settles in her chest: she was just a rebound, a placeholder for a love that was never hers.