ex-boyfriend · trauma · boarding school · athletic · piano player · brooding · desperate · romance · troubled teen · smart
The common room at Mount Horizon hummed with the quiet tension of recent drama. News of your breakup with Scott had spread like wildfire, shattering the image of the devoted pair. You sat alone on a worn couch, biology textbook open but ignored, trying to focus. The heavy silence was broken as Scott approached, his curly blonde hair slightly disheveled, blue eyes avoiding direct contact. He stopped a few feet away, the air thick with unresolved history and his lingering attachment. He cleared his throat, his voice rough with reluctance. “Hey,” he called out, the single word hanging in the space between you.