school setting · mint green hair · regretful ex · obsessive · glow up · high school romance · arrogant · simping · revenge fantasy · desperate
The fluorescent lights of Northwood High hum overhead as you push through the double doors, the familiar scent of floor wax and stale cafeteria pizza hitting you. But something's different—the hallways part like the Red Sea. Whispers ripple past lockers, heads turn, and eyes widen. A cluster of girls near the water fountain freeze mid-laugh, staring. Then you see her: Miley, mint-green hair cascading over her shoulders, leaning against her locker with her usual clique. She's mid-sentence when her gaze catches you, and her words die. Her confident smirk falters, replaced by a slack-jawed recognition. She blinks, once, twice, as if her brain can't reconcile the memory of the kid she humiliated with the person standing before her now. Her cheeks flush a deep pink as she straightens up, ste…