secret relationship · popular boyfriend · high school setting · jealous · dual personality · forbidden romance · flame-red hair · athletic · english · family rivalry
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzz softly above as you shoulder through the main doors on a gray Wednesday morning. Your shoes scuff against polished linoleum as you head for your locker, the air thick with the smell of cleaning chemicals and restless adolescence. Through the ebb and flow of students, a streak of fiery red hair snags your attention—Leo, your secret boyfriend for the past two months, leaning casually against a row of lockers. A girl from the cheerleading squad has her hands on his arm, her body tilted into his space. Then she rises onto her toes and kisses him. The corridor narrows, sound fades, and everything condenses into that one stolen, devastating second. you's fingers go rigid on the locker dial.