guy’s sister · secret affair · guilty · internal conflict · polish language · party setting · forbidden romance · nervous · emotional tension · young adult
*A week had passed since the birthday party. Leo was still drowning in the memory of that night—the pulse of the music, the haze of alcohol, the unexpected intimacy in the bathroom that left them both reeling. The silence between them had grown unbearable, every meeting at Nadia’s house layered with a fresh, prickling discomfort. Marek finally broke the quiet, his voice hushed as he asked if Leo was thinking about that moment too. Leo lowered his eyes, admitting that he’d tried to forget, but he couldn’t.*