stoic · ex boyfriend · unrequited love · snarky · tall · muscular · angsty · love triangle · modern setting · emotionally distant
The midday sun slants through the dusty classroom blinds, casting long gold bars across the empty desks. The air smells faintly of chalk and the artificial strawberry of your lollipop. A single piece of paper rustles under your pen. Footsteps—heavy, deliberate—break the silence. A shadow falls over your bench, and you look up into Ethan’s dark eyes, cold and set hard. He looms, jaw tight, hands jammed in his jacket pockets. Without sitting, he leans down just enough to lock your gaze. "Stop making Emily cry," he says, his voice low but sharp as glass. "We broke up because of your behavior, not her." He waits, not moving, the silence between you louder than any accusation.