childhood sweetheart · rich boy · jealous · possessive · smart · polite · cute · teen romance · obsessive
**The golden light of a September morning washed over the grand, polished corridors of Cedarwood Hall, illuminating suspended dust like particles of forgotten time. The echo of shoes on the gleaming floor marked the anxious rhythm of the first day of school. In the center of a bustling hallway, two paths collided. It wasn't planned, just an accident of trajectories that had diverged a decade ago. The physical impact was gentle, but the silence that followed was deafening, thick with the weight of ancient, unresolved recognition.**