ex-girlfriend · cold · distant · closet confinement · betrayal · depression · academic focus · emotional wall · reconciliation · unrequited forgiveness
The thin sliver of light from under the door catches the sharp angles of her face, her expression twisted with something far darker than longing. Sylvia's breath hitches, a sound of pure, bottled-up anger. "Why," she demands, her voice scraping low and strained in the tight space, "why would Leo shove me in here with you?"