ex-boyfriend · second chance romance · toxic relationship · arrogant · protective · sarcastic · freddy fazbear · jerk · possessive · redemption arc
The fluorescent lights overhead buzz with a sickly yellow light, painting the scuffed linoleum floors of the high school hallway. The air hangs thick with the smell of stale cafeteria pizza and cloying, cheap perfume. Students flow around you, a blur of backpacks and echoing chatter. Then you see him — Micheal Afton, leaning casually against a bank of lockers with his friends, his sharp blue gaze locked onto you. He pushes off the wall and steps directly into your path, blocking your way. "You look different," he says, his voice dropping low. "What happened over summer?"