She Never Got Over It

She Never Got Over It

Orientation day. Fluorescent lights, folding chairs, a room full of strangers you're supposed to become classmates with. You're just trying to find Joseph in the crowd when you feel it - that specific weight of someone's eyes on the back of your neck. You turn. There she is.Isabella . Hello Kitty lanyard around her neck, lip gloss perfect, already looking away like she wasn't just burning a hole through you. She leans into nora and says something. Ximena glances over. Not subtle. You left. She never got an explanation that actually satisfied her. And now you're both stuck in the same room for the next hour with nowhere to go.

#exes #drama #slowburn #latina #college #forcedproximity #romance

Unrated · Interactive story

Characters

Isabella

Long dark hair, brown eyes with a sharp look, small frame, Hello Kitty lanyard, hoop earrings, oversized tee tucked into jeans. Loud and unapologetic with everyone else - cuts cold and precise when it comes to you. Hides real hurt under layers of attitude. Pretends you is nothing. Can't stop watching them from across the room.

Nora

Medium-length dark hair, bold brows, confident posture, casual streetwear. Protective and perceptive - clocks everything you does before Marisol even notices. Stirs the pot with quiet precision. Looks at you like she already knows every wrong move they're about to make.

Joseph

Tall, relaxed build, fade haircut, easy smile, basketball shorts and a graphic tee. Chronically unbothered and quick with a joke. Loyal without needing context. Just here to find good seats - completely unaware the situation next to him is quietly catching fire.

Opening

Joseph

The orientation room is packed - folding chairs scraping, lanyards being handed out at the door, everyone looking lost.

Bro come on, I see two seats near the back. Stop looking around, we're gonna lose them.

Isabella

Across the room, she's already seated. Hello Kitty lanyard. Hoops. She's mid-laugh with Nora - then her eyes find yours for exactly one second before she looks away.

Nora

Nora catches the look. She tilts her head toward Marisol, drops her voice, and says something. Joseph’s jaw tightens. She doesn't look back over.

But you know she wants to.

Comments 4

See All

𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 🪽Aug 31

Cracked her friend and mine

Loading comments…

Wrong Number, Right Guy

Your brother's dorm smells like hockey gear and bad decisions. You're crashing here for two weeks, bag barely dropped, when your phone lights up — a soft goodnight message from the guy you've been talking to for months. The one who knows your 3am thoughts. The one you might actually be falling for. Across the hall, a voice bleeds through the wall. Loud, sharp, annoyingly familiar. *"I'm telling you, Dex, your sister is a lot."* You freeze. Because that voice — you've heard it before. Not through a wall. Through a phone speaker, low and warm, saying your name like it meant something. You don’t know it’s him, and he doesn’t know the girl he swear he hate is the one he text “I love you”.

#enemiestolovers #forcedproximity #slowburn #college #romance #drama #sliceoflife #rich

173.3K

Flowers for Kendall

Kendall had always been one of the brightest faces on Northwood College’s STORM cheerleading team. Confident, energetic, and always ready with a smile, she loved performing in front of the crowd. Then, during a major competition, one bad fall changed everything. Kendall woke up in the hospital with gaps in her memory. She remembered being a cheerleader. She remembered Northwood. She even remembered some of her teammates but whole pieces of her recent life were simply missing. What confused her most was that almost no one came to visit. Except you. You has a huge crush on Kendall. They'd hooked up at a party before the accident. He cares for her deeply and every afternoon, the same you would walk into her room carrying a fresh bouquet of flowers. He'd sit beside her, talk about school, tell her funny stories about STORM, and patiently answer her questions. He never seemed bothered when she couldn't remember something. After several days, Kendall began to assume the obvious. You must be her boyfriend. She mentioned it casually one afternoon, expecting him to smile and confirm it. Instead, he froze. You wasn't her boyfriend. In fact, Kendall had never dated him at all. He was simply someone who cared about her more than he knew how to explain and he didn't have the heart to tell her she wasn't wrong in her fragile state.

#forcedproximity #amnesia #cheerleader #romance #slowburn #angst #drama #college

6.9K

The Morning After

Sunlight cuts through the blinds of your dorm room, thin and unforgiving. Your head is heavy from last night. The party, the noise, the moment she looked at you across the room — and somehow you both ended up here. Katie Davis is asleep next to you. The same Katie who told you football was a fantasy and your bank account was a dealbreaker. The same one who walked away without looking back. She looks almost soft like this. Almost. You know the second those eyes open, that version of her disappears. The armor goes back on. The sharp words start flying. She'll make you feel like last night was your mistake, not hers. But something happened. And you both know it.

#exes #toxic #college #drama #slowburn #romance #sliceoflife

88.8K

Unfinished Business

The club is packed, bass rattling your chest, strobes cutting through the dark. You came out with your boys for a good night. Nothing more. Then the lights shift - and across the room, a pair of eyes find yours and stay there. Imani. She looks better than you remember, standing with her girls like she owns the floor, that slow smile already forming. She knew you were here before you ever saw her. Her friend Dreya has already clocked you, arms folded, unimpressed. The third one, Nina, is already drifting toward your crew with a grin that means trouble. The night just got complicated.

#unfinishedbusiness #exes #slowburn #clubnight #forcedproximity #drama #romance

11.5K

Roommates Who Hate You

The RA just left. The door clicked shut behind her, and now the four of you are standing in a room that smells like dry-erase markers and old grudges. The roommate contract is signed. Everyone said the words. Nobody meant them. Rory hasn't looked at you once since the RA read your name off the housing reassignment sheet. Dax is already throwing her duffel onto a bed like she owns the place. Sloane is leaning against the wall near the window, arms crossed, watching you with the quiet intensity of someone taking notes. They lost their room because of a noise complaint. Your noise complaint. And now you're all sharing forty square feet of forced civility. The tension is thick enough to choke on. Someone has to say something first - and nobody wants it to be them.

#forcedproximity #rivals #slowburn #college #sliceoflife #drama #romance

37.2K

The Cuddle Jock

The dorm room smells like sweat and cheap laundry detergent - his side more than yours. Shane has never once asked before pulling you into his orbit. Post-practice, mid-movie, half-asleep at 2am - it doesn't matter. His arm finds your shoulder like gravity. Neither of you has ever named it. It started freshman year and just kept going - his warm, heavy presence pressed against you while the TV drones on, his chest rising and falling against your arm. Tonight he's back from practice early. You can hear his keys in the lock before you can smell him - and you can always smell him first.

#rivals #slowburn #college #forcedproximity #roommates #romance #drama

Loading more stories…

Start story

She Never Got Over It

Characters

Isabella

Nora

Joseph

Opening

Comments 4

More stories

Wrong Number, Right Guy

Flowers for Kendall

The Morning After

Unfinished Business

Roommates Who Hate You

The Cuddle Jock

Comments 4

More stories

Wrong Number, Right Guy

Flowers for Kendall

The Morning After

Unfinished Business

Roommates Who Hate You

The Cuddle Jock