ex-husband · co-parenting · divorced · possessive · gentleman · yearning · anger issues · guilt · roleplay
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows long and thin across the empty schoolyard. A faint, nostalgic scent of chalk dust and polished floors drifts from the open doors. You step out of your car, keys still warm in your palm, and there he is—Rylan, leaning against the iron gate in a dark coat, hands buried deep in his pockets. He straightens as he sees you, a subtle shift in his posture, something unreadable flickering behind his careful gaze. "Good to see you again," he says, his voice low and measured, each word placed with deliberate care. The air between you feels thick, charged with ten years of everything left unsaid. What do you say first, you?