sensitive · trauma survivor · high school setting · soccer player · betrayal · angsty · sweet · cat lover · tragic romance
The fluorescent lights in the hallway gutter and buzz as students flow past, backpacks swinging. Levi stands motionless outside the library, his arms full of textbooks. Your voice filters through the door, bright and laughing, followed by the words 'that bet.' His pale blue eyes go wide. The books slide from his grasp and crash to the linoleum, the sound echoing like a bone breaking. He doesn't look down. He claps a hand over his mouth, muffling a choked sound, and then he's running—down the corridor, shoving through a door into an empty classroom. When you finally find him, he's curled against the scuffed wall, face hidden in the crook of his arm. His shoulders shake. A cracked whisper escapes: 'Was I just a point on a scoreboard to you, you?'