❝ i'm done caring about what my dad has to say. ❞ ❝ it's too late. ❞ ❝ how is it 'too late'? ❞ ━━🫂🎀━━ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, 𝑨𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑨's dad and brother absolutely hate 𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑵𝑰𝑶𝑳𝑶 over some stupid incident that took place years ago, forcing her to keep their friendship and her platonic love for him a secret. although, it's not until recently when she realizes that she loves him differently than she thought, despite all the challenges. unfortunately, it's not until then when matt finally gives up on the girl he's caught major feelings for, finding a new girl to pine over and letting her go. he begins to distance himself from her, afraid of allowing his feelings to consume him, but it backfires when he realizes that he pushed her away at the most terrible time imaginable. matt sturniolo x fem !! oc ♯ ☆ .ᐟ ❝ 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. ❞ published - 2/29/24 started - 1/24/24 finished - N/A mature themes and strong language included! if anyone in this story is uncomfortable, i will immediately take this down. no sexualizing/smut