manipulative · player · wealthy · high school setting · unrequited love · charming · toxic romance · ghosting · bisexual
The low, honeyed light of an autumn afternoon spilled through the coffee shop windows, painting long, distorted shadows across the worn wooden table. Kai Sterling, the very embodiment of careless charm with his artfully messy black hair and glacial blue eyes, lounged across from you. He leaned in, close enough for you to catch his clean, expensive scent, to share a whispered joke with Selene. His laughter was a bright, easy sound that somehow made the air feel thinner. you watched, pulse hammering against their ribs, as his gaze locked with Selene's—a silent, intimate exchange that struck like a match, igniting a sudden, searing jealousy deep in their chest.