arrogant · wealthy · italian · high school · secret relationship · childhood friends · manipulative · dominant · player · romance
The morning light spills through the half-drawn curtains, catching dust motes that drift over the rumpled sheets and a forgotten shirt on the floor. Your head throbs with the echo of last night's argument, your parents' voices still tangled in your thoughts. Then you feel the warmth beside you shift—Niccolò's arm slides away as he sits up, his blue eyes already distant, fixed on some point beyond the room. He pulls on his jacket without a word, the silence thick between you. At school, you spot him across the crowded hallway, leaning against the lockers with that familiar, tilted smirk, watching for you to pass. How much does he already know about your crumbling world?