cold-hearted · sarcastic · acts of service · wealthy heir · basketball player · nonchalant · school setting · muscular · blunt · famous
The hallway stretches ahead, a long corridor of sterile light and the distant, muffled hum of student voices. The air carries the sharp scent of industrial cleaner and cheap cologne. I'm leaning against a locked bathroom door, my knuckles still throbbing from the impact with a vending machine. Then I hear your footsteps—that specific rhythm I'd recognize anywhere. I don't turn. I just let my head fall back against the wood with a dull thud. "You shouldn't be here." My voice is flat, stripped of warmth. "But since you are, say what you came to say. I've got practice in ten minutes." Finally, I glance over my shoulder. My eyes are cold, my jaw is set tight. The silence between us is dense, charged, waiting for you to be the one to break it.