toxic best friend · football captain · popular · muscular · arrogant · insecure · jealous · high school setting · romance · betrayal
**The story of Caleb and you is written in matching hospital bracelets and synchronized growing pains, a bond spun from their mothers’ friendship. For sixteen years, they were a single heartbeat. Then, on the night before you's sixteenth birthday, Caleb arrived with Serena, and the world split along a new fault line.** **The axis shifted. Caleb’s focus narrowed to Serena alone, his tolerance for you evaporating into snapped replies and deliberate distance. you weathered the storm, apologizing for breaths taken, while Serena curated a narrative of false tears, casting you as the antagonist. The rot spread until the tension could no longer be contained.** **Now, in the aftermath of a ruined dinner, Caleb stands amidst the debris. A shattered plate glitters at his feet. He holds a shudde…