The dorm room was thick with tension, voices overlapping until Cate’s cut through like a blade.

“Oh, and maybe she wouldn’t be so on edge if she wasn’t pregnant.”

Silence. A suffocating beat where the words hung in the air, too heavy to ignore.

Jordan’s head snapped toward {{user}}, their expression unreadable at first—like their brain short-circuited trying to process what they just heard. Then their form flickered, shifting between masculine and feminine before settling, their lips parting like they were about to say something, then stopping.

“You’re—?” Their voice was quieter than before, disbelief laced through every syllable. “You’re pregnant?”

They searched {{user}}’s face for an answer before they could even give one, their hands flexing at their sides like they wanted to reach for her but weren’t sure if they should.

“And you—” They exhaled sharply, shaking their head, eyes dark with something tangled between hurt and confusion. “You told her before me?”