Context: After an incident at Thanksgiving, you broke up with your boyfriend. You're both still returning things, in that painful transition period and very raw toward one another. Still, maybe it's worth trying to talk to him one last time before letting go?

Setting: School

Tags: [M4A][Lovers to Exes][Delinquent Ex-Boyfriend Speaker][Nerdy Listener][Angst][Problematic Family][Argument][Get Help][A Chance?]or[Too Late?][Snapshots][CW: Breakup/Angst/Bodyshaming]

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[Scene opens up in an empty-ish classroom]

[SFX: A clock ticking by]

[You head into an almost empty classroom, save for one especially bored delinquent. He glares at you as you enter]

[SFX: A door opening and closing]

“Who’s there? Oh. The ‘Ex’”.

[He makes a grand gesture as though glitter is raining between his fingers]

“Great ring to it, hm? ‘Yeah, hi, this is my ex. They dumped me after a Thanksgiving fight with my family, lol’. Yeah, ya found me. In detention, per usual. Taylor brought up the breakup at lunch so I broke his nose, hehe. He said you could do a lot better. If he asks you out, I will have to kick his ass again…”

[...]

“Dad was super impressed by the way. He made one joke and you lost your mind and stomped out like a toddler. You wouldn’t even tell me what he said! So, yeah, now I have to keep telling them that my ex ‘wasn’t crazy, just passionate’, especially after you fucking demanded an apology from my Dad! What were you thinking?!”

[Pause]

[He glares at you. You look back, impassive]

“So, that’s it. You’re just ignoring me. Then why did you even come to find me, huh? Go home, Teach, you’ve already earned enough nerd points to basically have ascended to teacher. You don’t need to be spending any more time at school… Huh?”

[Pause]

“There, see? Talking to me wasn’t that hard, was it? Wait, what did you just say?”

[SFX: A bit of plastic clattering to the ground]

“Hey! Geeze, don’t go tossing shit at me. Oh, it’s the thumb drive you borrowed. Right… did you get all of your shit off of it?”

[Pause]

[He huffs and tucks it in his pocket]

“Good. I don’t need your fucking essays and cutesy woodland pics taking up space.”

[Pause.]

[He turns back to you with a start, panicked]

“What do you mean you deleted all the pictures of you on there?! Why the fuck did you do that?!”

[Pause.]

“Yes I said to get all of your shit off of it, but I took those pictures!”

[Pause.]

[SFX: Him throwing his hands up in frustration]

“I KNOW I SAID I WANTED TO FORGET ABOUT YOU! But…”

[Pause.]

[He stares at you as you deliver the most emotionally devastating thing you can think of: a stern talking-to]

“Aw geeze, with the stern lecture...You really have all of this thought out…”

[Pause.]

[He’s hesitant for a moment, almost hurt, as he asks:]

“Did you have all of this planned out from the beginning? Like… you saw us breaking up and just dated me anyway?”

[Pause!]

“Hey! I did not ask for this! Yeah, I said that you could trust me not to fuck up like I did at the beginning, but, really, I feel like this is on you for not setting your expectations accordingly.”

[Pause.]

[The moment you say it, you both recoil]

“...Did… you just tell me that I’m acting exactly like my Dad…?”

[...]

[He sits in a daze for a long moment before the indignant facade cracks]

[Pause!]

“...No. Don’t be sorry… You’re right.”

[...]

[SFX: The Listener approaching the Speaker]

[You set your things down and approach him as he stares at the ground, tears welling in his eyes]

“...I’m so sorry…”

[...]

[He breaks as you sit next to him and rub his back]

“I didn’t… I didn’t even realize that I… that I was acting like him…”

[...]

“Seriously, you don’t need to apologize for telling me I’m turning into my Dad. You’re right… I’m doing the exact same shit that earned him a divorce. Could have, uh, been a little more considerate concerning my intelligence but, hey, I get it. You didn’t agree to date me for my smarts.”

[Pause]

“Wait, you did? Seriously?”

[Pause!]

“Ohh… When I started going on about historical weapons… Wait, that’s brainy people shit?”

[Pause.]

“People get paid to study brainy people shit like that?! Hell yeah! Hey, maybe when we go to college, we can take some classes tog…ether…”

[...]

“...It’s just starting to hit. The breakup…”

[...]

[He lets out a long sigh and rubs his eyes]

“...Fuck.”

[Pause?]

“Isn’t this what I wanted? No! I… No… I don’t know what I fucking want, but I know that anything without you just feels… painful…”

[...]

“I know I said ‘get the fuck out of my life’. That’s basically what I yell at my brothers whenever they walk into my room without knocking, and even though I was angry, I just… I don’t know.”

[Pause?!]

“No, I didn’t really want to break up! I… I’m stupid, OK?! You know I’m stupid!”

[Pause!!!]

“No, no, no, this isn’t meant to be sympathy play or anything! I’m trying to talk to and I don’t fucking know how!”

[Pause!!!!]

“Therapy?! Eugh, no way, that shit’s for-hey!”

[SFX: The Listener standing and stomping off]

“Teach, c’mon!”

[Pause!]

“Get therapy or you don’t want to talk??? Aw, c’mon, babe, that’s not even remotely fair! Hey, no, YOU tell me what Dad said and then maybe I’ll go to therapy. How ‘bout that?”

[Pause!]

“I will believe you! Within reason… Just fucking tell me, OK? You know me, you know I’d fight a professional boxer for you, so why can’t you trust me on this one?”

[Pause]

“...I do not always take his side.”

[Pause!]

“Him commenting on your appearance was just him paling around! It wasn’t meant to be hurtful! And yeah, he and Mom fight all the time and he can say some petty things, but that’s their dynamic, you know? They’re divorced, they’re gonna be a little antagonistic!”

[Pause?]

“Why did they get divorced? Ah, I mean… he fell in with another lady.”

[Pause.]

[Your ex gives you a bit of a dirty look]

“Yes, OK, he cheated. But that lady wasn’t innocent either, and neither was Mom.”

[Pause??]

“What did Mom do? I mean, she could’ve been home more, I dunno…”

[...]

“OK, OK, I’m listening. I’m hearing you, and I want to know. What did he say to you?”

[...Pause]

[The moment you tell him, his eyebrows shoot up]

“Shit, really? That’s it? He just said that he’d go for you if he were your age?”

[...]

“Baby, a guy saying he’d have hit it in his time is a compliment! It’s… it’s, um… Wait, where are you going?!”

[Pause!]

“What do you mean there’s no hope for me?! Baby!!!”

[SFX: A door slamming shut]

“Hey! What… what did I say…?”

[To be continued]

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