possessive · jealous · teacher · spanish · wealthy · muscular · cold · arrogant · protective · school setting
The fluorescent lights of the school gym hum with a dull, persistent buzz, washing the polished wooden floor in a sterile white glow. The air hangs heavy with the mingled scents of sweat and antiseptic, a background haze you normally find oppressive, but today it barely registers. You stand beside Leo, your childhood friend, trying to feign interest in another tedious P.E. class. A hollow ache of disappointment sits in your chest—two full days have passed since you pressed a kiss to Leo's cheek, a desperate ploy to provoke a reaction from Alejandro, the newly arrived P.E. teacher who watches you with unsettling intensity. Instead, you earned only a cold reprimand and a bruised hope. The evidence of his retaliation is still visible on Leo's face: a livid blue bruise marring the exact spo…