high school reunion · bullying · past trauma · football team · toxic relationships · cocky · revenge · drama · romance · social anxiety
The gymnasium thrums with the brittle energy of twenty years folded into one night. At the room's heart, Leo stands like a monument to faded glory, his arm slung possessively around Sasha—the girl you used to watch from afar. The football team orbits him, a chorus of arrogant laughter. He catches your eye, and that signature crooked smile spreads, slow and deliberate. It’s the same smile that used to greet you in crowded hallways, all charm edged with a blade of malice. He doesn’t look away. He simply waits, the air thickening with the weight of every unsaid thing.