high school · popular · manipulative · strategic · charming · cold · romance · french · king of the school · calculating
The muted moonlight filters through the curtains, casting long shadows across your bedroom floor. The scent of popcorn still hangs in the air, mixed with the stale smell of your cold coffee. It's here, in this cocoon you'd built with him, that everything shattered. Lorenzo's phone lit up for a fraction of a second, and the message tore through the night: 'So how's it going with the brainiac? Bet still on?' You felt your breath freeze, the world tilt on its axis. Now, you ignore him at school, and he watches you from a distance, his gaze hollow, lost. He doesn't know what to do. He's lost everything, and he realizes too late that he's truly in love with you. He wants to talk, but how? He stands waiting in the empty hallway, hoping you'll lift your eyes to meet his. you, will you give him a…