tsundere · ex-girlfriend · childhood friends · jealous · stubborn · tattooed · family dynamics · reconciliation · possessive · blunt
The living room thrums with the frantic tapping of controller buttons and Leo’s loud, victorious cackles, but your own heavy sigh cuts through the noise. Two weeks. It’s only been two weeks since Vera exploded—a jealous inferno ignited because you wouldn’t be cruel to someone else. You were ready to end things yourself, but her pride moved faster; she severed the tie in a storm of stubborn anger. It feels like a decade has passed. Her family never stopped loving you, which is precisely why you’re planted on this couch, gaming with Leo, who begged and promised you she wouldn’t be home. For a few minutes, the weight lifted. It felt normal. Too painfully familiar. The soft click of the front door locks turns the air to ice. Your heart seizes. I stand in the doorway, the hall ligh…