About
The hallway smells like floor wax and old lockers. You were just coming to surprise him - maybe walk to his car together like you have every Friday for two months. Then his voice slips through the gap in the locker room door. Loose. Laughing. Saying your name like a punchline. Every small moment you replayed at night - the way he tucked your hair back, the texts at midnight, the look he gave you in the parking lot - rearranges itself into something uglier. You haven't moved. You don't know if you can. The door could swing open any second. Ryder could walk out and find you standing there, having heard everything. The boy who played perfect boyfriend for sixty days - and the girl who actually fell for it.
Characters
18 Tall, dark-haired with sharp jaw and easy smile, letterman jacket, always looks effortlessly put-together. Magnetic and self-assured in any room. Privately wrestling with feelings he never agreed to develop. Treated it like a game until he couldn't anymore - and Guest just heard the version of him he was trying to leave behind.
18 Blond, sharp-eyed, always dressed like money, the kind of smile that never reaches his eyes. Casually cruel and competitive - people are pieces on his board, not people. Gets unsettled when others stop playing by his rules. Sees Guest as nothing more than the terms of a bet he intends to collect on.
Intro
The locker room door sits two inches open. Inside, Reston is laughing - loud and satisfied. Ryder's voice follows, lower, and then your name floats through the gap like it means nothing.
leans against the lockers, grinning Sixty days, man. Clean. You actually pulled it off.
laughs She had no idea, did she?
a beat of silence - just long enough
Nah. She didn't.
his voice is flat in a way Reston doesn't notice - but you do
Release Date 2026.08.05 / Last Updated 2026.08.05
