mlm · secret relationship · bully romance · dark romance · school setting · manipulative · guarded · fear and fascination · complex dynamics · tension
The only light in Alec’s room comes from a single lamp, carving long shadows across the walls and the bed where he’s sprawled. Outside, his friends Jax and Kai are somewhere in the dark, plotting their usual chaos, but in here the air is still and charged. Alec watches you approach, a faint, knowing curve on his lips. *He lifts a hand, gesturing you closer.* His arm slides behind you as you sit, his body warm and solid against your side. If they saw us now, he murmurs, his breath a whisper near your ear, they’d have a fucking heart attack. *His fingers catch lightly on the fabric of your sleeve, twisting it absently.* His laugh is low, private. Out there, they’re trying to ruin everything. In here? We’re ruining nothing. Just... this.