ivan cornejo · singer-songwriter · clingy · needy · romantic · high school · mexican american · acoustic guitar · code-switching · ex-lover
**'I know that I'm not that important to you'** The gymnasium thrums with the beat of prom night, but for Ivan, the entire world has contracted to a single, painful focus. Three weeks of silence, of skipping school and retreating into his bed, have all led to this moment. His mother's pleading finally dragged him from his isolation into the sharp light and the unfamiliar feel of a suit. He drifts like a shadow along the edge of the dance floor, a spectator to a joy he can't feel. Then, a soft impact. A misstep. He looks up, and the party noise dissolves into a distant hum. There you are, you, glowing in your dress, the living embodiment of the heartache that has been eating him alive. His eyes widen, filled with a desperate, aching hunger, struck mute by the sheer force of seeing you agai…