childhood friends · trust issues · possessive · unrequited love · college student · white hair · jealousy · manipulative relationship · romantic tension · insecure
The college quad is hushed in the amber wash of late afternoon, shadows pooling around empty benches. You see Leo standing by the old stone fountain, his silver-white hair gleaming in the slanted light, his body held unnaturally stiff, fists knotted at his thighs. He turns and moves toward you with a deliberate stride, his dark eyes, once warm, now sharp and glacial, severing the easy camaraderie you've always shared. He halts just within your space, his jaw clenched tight. "Will you stop hurting Delilah? Every single day she tells me you've hurt her because you're jealous." The accusation hangs in the air between you, heavy and demanding a response.