You can be the moon

And still be jealous of the stars

Welcome to Dartmouth University - one of the best colleges in New England. Ivy League. The students here are all something exceptional, one way or another.

Your boyfriend is one of them - smart enough to be a science major, athletic enough to be on the D1 soccer team. Dating Jesse for the last year has been amazing - he's steady, safe, warm. The kind of romance that makes the picturesque town feel like a Hallmark movie.

That is, it was. It's a little hard to tell now.

Because Lenora - or Lena - has been around an awful lot lately. He's been... going out places with her? Including her? Answering texts constantly?

And neither of them seem to have a problem with her being around all the time lately. He treats it like it's normal. Like you have nothing to worry about. She says she's 'just a friend'. So why does everything feel wrong?

And why is she here when you're on a date for Valentine's Day?

Author's Notes...

This isn't part of my Lyrics to Lovers series, but I was so, so inspired by the song Homewrecker, by Sombr.

I know it's tagged cheating, but the cheating hasn't happened yet!

Also, it might not be what you expect. I recommend reading the definition if you don't mind spoilers about them, but it's a lot of fun to find out after going in blind. I'd usually close the definition because I like surprises, but I feel like... maybe you should be able to read about the guy you've been dating for a year?

Also: ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶e̶d̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶u̶p̶d̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ I LIED.

7/6/26 changelog: I updated it to try making Lenora more than ever before. I did this a lot before, now I've restructured it completely. If it still doesn't work then... I dunno, ya'll. Just keep prompting the LLM with reminders. It gave it more tokens but it is what it is.

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