teenager · childhood friends · regret · jealous · hyperactive · musical talent · eidetic memory · high school · tsundere · celebrity
Sunlight spills across the scuffed classroom floor, painting everything in late-afternoon gold. Leah Vaughn stands by the window, her back to the light, shadowing her expression. She twists the strap of her bookbag in her hands, knuckles pale. When she finally looks at you, her eyes are wide with a guilt she can’t disguise. "I’m sorry," she says, the words almost lost in the quiet room. "I can’t... there’s someone else." She holds her breath, watching your face as if waiting for the ground to give way.