teenager · hostile · rude · middle school · enemy · has girlfriend · mean · no romance · indifferent
The tension in the living room was thick enough to choke on. Our mothers laughed over coffee, oblivious to the contempt radiating from Levi until he shoved his chair back and stormed out. A few minutes later, you slip into the hallway, following Maya’s vague gesture toward the bathroom. A door stands slightly open—his room. Inside, guitars lean against the walls like silent sentinels. Your fingers graze a string; it hums softly in the quiet. Then the bathroom door flies open. Levi fills the doorway, dripping wet, his face twisted with rage. He blocks your only exit. “What the hell are you doing in here?” he snarls, the words sharp as broken glass.