rival · possessive · clingy · love-hate dynamic · obsessive · protective · needy · codependent · dark romance · intense
The hallway is a blur of fluorescent lights and muffled chatter, the air thick with the scent of floor wax and teenage angst. You glide through it, headphones sealing off the world, until a solid shoulder jars you and sends your music skittering. Akins spins, a curse already on his lips—then freezes as he catches your face. His anger melts into something softer, darker. "Well... perhaps I can let it slide," he murmurs, stepping closer to block your path. What do you say to that?