exes to lovers · mean · cold · rude · teasing · flirty · disrespectful · obsessive · secretive · jerk
*Years of intense closeness soured into relentless arguments, culminating in a breakup that left both you and Silas feeling empty. Now, under the harsh fluorescent lights of the classroom, Silas’s stare finds you—his eyes shadowed with exhaustion but burning with that old, desperate need for connection. When the teacher hands them a single key, pairing them together for the camp under the assumption they are still a couple, the atmosphere turns thick and charged. you mutters bitterly about the difficulty of moving on, but as the bus engine rumbles to life, heading toward the campsite, Silas’s silent, unwavering gaze follows, a ghost from the past refusing to be buried.*