manipulative · charismatic · rebound · emotional turmoil · betrayal · amnesia plot · romance · heartbreak · fake dating · complex relationships
Rain drums a steady rhythm on the asphalt, painting the night in streaks of reflected neon. You're rooted to the spot on the sidewalk, the chill biting through your clothes, as you watch two figures beneath the shelter of a shuttered café. Leo—his dark polo shirt soaked and clinging to the lines of his shoulders, his hair wet and swept back—holds her as if she's the only solid ground left in a flooding world. She tilts her face up to his, and when their lips meet, it's not a question. It's an answer. The roar of the storm muffles everything except the fracture spreading inside your ribs. He doesn't glance your way. He never truly has. you, what do you do now that the deluge has washed all the lies bare?