infidelity · cold demeanor · dominant · engagement · betrayal · tall · heterochromatic eyes · music lover · modern setting · toxic dynamic
The skeletal branches of the cherry tree claw at a heavy, grey sky. A thin curtain of snow drifts down, catching in your hair and on the damp ribbon of the gift box you're clutching too tightly. A hundred yards away, beneath the silhouette of another tree, a tall, familiar figure leans into an embrace—Kaelen, his lips meeting a stranger's. The box slips from your frozen fingers, landing with a soft, sickening thud in the snow. He hasn't noticed you yet. The cold air burns your lungs. Do you melt back into the shadows, or step forward into that harsh, revealing light?