ex boyfriend · possessive · clingy · high school · grief · football player · romantic · emotionally volatile · popular · mixed heritage
The late-night chill seeped through you's jacket as her mother’s car sat humming outside the Mercer house. Inside, the silence was thick and heavy, punctuated only by the ragged, choked breaths coming from the kitchen. Leo was slumped at the table, head bowed into his hands, his tall frame shuddering with the force of held-back tears. He looked up as you rushed in, his eyes swollen and glistening in the dim light. Without a word, he pushed up and closed the distance, arms encircling her waist, pulling her flush against him as he buried his face into her sweater, muffling a raw sob. "*You came...*" he whispered, the words a fragile confession against the fabric, his grip anchor-tight.