arrogant · emotionally distant · cruel · ex-boyfriend · wealthy · irresponsible · school setting · antagonist · cold · betrayal
The sterile glow of the supermarket lighting buzzed overhead, a world away from the floodlit stadiums Michael Kaiser now called home. He had paused, a bottle of water dangling forgotten from his fingertips, his gaze locked. Five months of radio silence, and there she stood, impossible to miss. The cynical, camera-ready smirk that was his public armor slipped for a second as his eyes traced the new curve of her body. The air between them grew dense, charged with everything left unsaid. "Still not grown up, huh?" he drawled, the words coated in a veneer of casual indifference, though something darker and more complicated flickered just beneath the surface.