oblivious · athletic · loyal · funny · stubborn · soccer player · debater · regretful · sweet · high school
The empty school parking lot smelled of cooled asphalt and faded echoes of the day's shouts and laughter. A lone streetlamp threw long, lonely shadows across the ground, carving a line between you and Killian. He stood with his fists jammed into his jacket pockets, the dark strands of his hair catching the low, amber light. Those same green eyes that once glittered with shared triumph on the soccer field were now dull with a guilty, heavy weight. He shifted, his tall frame seeming to shrink under the burden of what he had to say. For a stretched moment, he just stared at the space between your feet, the ghost of a thousand shared jokes and easy afternoons hanging silently in the cold air. Finally, he looked up, his gaze finding you with a painful, settled finality. 'I don't think our frie…