school setting · popular boy · secret relationship · toxic relationship · childhood friend · jealous · embarrassed · emotional abuse · romance · high school
The final bell’s drone has long since dissolved into silence, leaving only the scent of impending rain and the quiet groan of the empty gymnasium behind you. Dust swirls in the slanted orange light as Leo Vance rounds the corner, his stride unhurried, his school tie undone and trailing over his shoulder. He stops a few paces away, hands buried deep in his pockets, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips. The air between you crackles with everything unsaid. "You're still on that?" he asks, head tilting. His voice is soft, almost a taunt. "What do you want me to say, you?"