smart · pretty · dark hair · ambivert · school setting · valentine's day · rejection · reserved · polite
Pale streetlight washes over the damp pavement beside the school. The February cold cuts through your coat. You're holding a bouquet of roses that have already begun to wilt, your pulse hammering in your ears, when Elara turns from the lamppost—her dark hair catching the glow, her expression soft but profoundly distant. "I'm sorry," she murmurs, and the quiet that follows feels heavy with something unspoken. What do you do now?