oneshots that I write cause im sad XD

thorns 🥀

(A longer angst to fluff story of you and Leo !)

I pulled the passenger door shut behind me, cutting out the rain and cold air of the evening. I let out a sigh and placed my bag down by my feet. I turned my head and smiled at Leo sat in the driver's seat. 

Leo smiled half heartedly "How was work baby?" His tone was flat, as always, but tired this time.

I furrowed my eyebrows, sensing that something was up "It was good.." I trailed off "...are you ok?" Leo was usually a laid back guy. He was fun to be around but his calm mannered nature worked as a good contrast to my constant off the wall behavior. Although something's different, he's quiet but never tired, he seemed tired, emotionally.  

A deep sigh fell from his lips as he turned to look out the windshield. "I was just thinking about....us I guess." He mumbled with a slight quiver in his voice. 

I felt my stomach drop until I realized what he meant. Leo and I had just graduated high school and both got accepted into our dream colleges. He was going to NYU and I was going to UF, on opposite ends of the country. We had talked about it here and there but it would always lead to a fight, he felt that we should break up before then. He said that he wanted our last memories together to be happy and on our own terms. I argued that his logic was cold and flawed, to me it seemed that he just didn't want to be with me anymore. Like he was just waiting for an opportunity like this to finally get rid of me. 

I rolled my eyes and huffed through my nostrils "Can we not do this right now?"

"Well when do you want to do this?" He asked, voice still flat.

"I actually just don't wanna do it at all!" I snapped. The sound of the rain picked up on the roof of the car.

"Baby, I understand that but at some point-"

"To me it sounds like you're really trying to get me off your back huh?! You didn't have to come get me if you were just trying to dump me so you can be free to go off and fuck some sorority chicks." Words just fell out of my mouth as I felt anger building.

"Babe why is everything so black and white with you." He huffed as he looked at me with a face that I couldn't, nor cared to read.

"How can I be more black and white than you?! We sat together waiting for that approval letter. Stayed up night after night together as we paced back and forth over opening that letter. Hell I damn near had to force you to open it yourself since you wanted me to do it. We jumped up and down together about you getting in. I was so happy for you, I was happier for you than when I got my letter because we went through that process together. Do you understand how much of a knife in the back it is for you to say that to me?!" I pressed, my voice raised louder than it should be "No you fucking don't and you know why?! It's because you don't fucking care, you've never fucking cared." Accusation after accusation came out of my mouth towards him.

Leo just stared at me blankly. He'd always hid his emotions well but I could see them. The light in his eyes dulled as something inside of him died. The pressure in the car sat heavier than it did outside in the rain.

Leo took a deep breath "You know, it's times like this when I really don't think we'd work out even if we tried." His words felt like a rigid dagger being pushed deeper and deeper into my heart.

"Oh so now it's a problem because I'm right?" I choked on the tears attempting to come out.

"No!" He ever so slightly, for the first time in our relationship, raised his voice at me. "It's because you're stubborn."

Deeper.

"A stubborn girl who can't take one got damn second to step out of her own head and even try to understand what the hell I'm trying to do!"