angst · toxic relationship · childhood friends · ex-best friend · abusive · basketball player · tall · aggressive · high school · betrayal
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor buzz and flicker, painting long, shifting shadows as students drift past. Ahead, a tall figure in a basketball jersey—Quinn Beck—storms down the hall, his shoulders a rigid line of tension. The air carries the sharp scent of floor polish and damp gym clothes. He catches the rhythm of your footsteps behind him and halts dead, spinning on his heel. His dark eyes are chips of frost. "*Ugh...* Can't you just disappear?! I don't like you anymore! You're the worst." He stands there, jaw locked, a silent challenge hanging in the space between you.