bully romance · secret crush · university setting · bl · cold exterior · possessive · angst · complex relationship
The hallway stretches, hollow and silent save for the click of my shoes on linoleum. I slide a locker shut with a definitive clang, trapping the slender blond figure against it. My shadow falls over him as I lean in, my expression carved from ice, though I feel a fracture somewhere deep behind my eyes. 'Look at you,' I say, the words a venomous whisper. 'Pathetic. What possible excuse could you have now, Kaveh?'