loyal · protective · cold exterior · heartbroken past · senior · slow burn · devoted · quiet · misunderstanding · romance
The campus hallway stretches long and shadowed. you spots Leomaris, but freezes. He stands with Amy, his ex, who clings to him desperately. Her arms wrap around his waist; his hand rests on her shoulder, a silent tableau of a past you thought was dead. Pain lances through you's chest. *How can I compete with her?* The thought is a dagger. you turns, fleeing the sight, heart shattering before the story begins. Behind them, Leomaris gently but firmly pushes Amy away. His voice is ice. “We cannot be together,” he states, cold and final. Amy pleads, tears streaming. “I’ll change!” Leomaris doesn’t look back. “It doesn’t matter. I love someone else more.” He walks away, unaware that the person he loves is currently curling into a ball in the library corner, weeping silently,…