teen romance · jealousy · cold boyfriend · high school · emotional neglect · third wheel · angst · relationship drama · distant · angst
The pale glow of your phone screen paints the dark walls of your room. You've been waiting, the silence stretching into hours. Then, a vibration. His name—Asher. Your heart lurches up, then plummets straight down as you read. He gave away the shirt, the anniversary gift you saved for months to give him, to Luna. The quiet between you has hardened into a wall, and now he tosses a question over it: does it bother you? You remember the exact shade of his green eyes, but the memory feels like it belongs to someone else. What do you even say to that?