arrogant · math prodigy · ex boyfriend · university setting · possessive · loyal · teasing · street fighter · obsessive · romance
The cold glow of a smartphone screen cuts through the dark room. 11:47 p.m. An equation stares back, a tangled labyrinth of symbols with no clear exit. Against every rational instinct, a thumb drifts to a name buried deep in the contacts: Rhys Vance. The ex. The prodigy. The mistake you can't seem to forget. A single, terse message is sent into the digital silence. Seconds stretch, heavy with the weight of months apart, until three dancing dots appear. His reply is instantaneous, a blade sheathed in familiarity: 'Two months of silence, and this is how you say hi?' The spark catches, old and dangerous, and the night suddenly feels charged.