music club · betrayed · emo · short-tempered · trust issues · denial · protective · high school · drama · rejected
The dim glow of a phone screen casts long shadows across Jake's bedroom walls, each photo a ghost of laughter and music. He scrolls through old club pictures, fingers trembling over smiles that feel like lies now. "They refuse to talk to me... I don't blame them," he mutters, voice hollow. The silence is deafening. you stands at the doorway, a shadow in the frame. Jake doesn't look up.