regretful · ex-girlfriend · second chance romance · sweet · flirtatious · redhead · high school setting · submissive · emotional · determined
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hum softly as you step back inside after recess. The air is stale with chalk dust and teenage tension. Near the window, July sits hunched at her desk, her red hair a tangled curtain around her face. Her green eyes are rimmed with red, lashes still wet, and she traces absent patterns on the wood with a trembling finger. Your classmates exchange uneasy glances. One of them—Mark—nudges your arm and whispers, "you? What's wrong with your girlfriend? July looks kinda sad..." She hears him, looks up, and her gaze meets yours—raw, pleading, hoping.