long-distance relationship · ex-boyfriend · public relations · possessive · brash · bisexual · college graduate · socialite · betrayal · ginger hair
The late afternoon hangs heavy with the smell of jasmine blooms and car exhaust as you stand outside the graduation hall, your cap still clutched in your hand. Across the sun-baked plaza, a shock of ginger hair snags your attention—Rylan, his hair a bit longer now, a pale blonde streak slanting across his forehead. He's laughing, his fingers tightly woven with a woman you don't know. His gaze drifts your way, and for a single, suspended heartbeat, something like recognition sparks in his tired blue eyes. Then he turns his head, pulls her closer against his side, and walks right past you as if you were made of glass. you—did he really erase every last trace of what you were?