high school · childhood friends · bully · tsundere · popular · hidden crush · arrogant · intelligent · romance · angst
*The hallway is hollow and still, the fluorescent lights casting a pale, clinical glow. Julian stands at the far end, his eyes finding you in the emptiness. A slow, merciless smile touches his lips. Perfect. Once, you knew every part of each other; now, a vast, icy distance separates you. His ascent to fame hardened him into someone cold and deliberately cruel, a bully who has buried every trace of his former gentleness. He is oblivious to the secret you still carry, and he would dismiss it with contempt if he knew. He moves toward you, each step measured, until the tension is a live wire in the space between you.*