jealous · manipulative · violet eyes · obsessive · protective · younger · playful · deceitful · brilliant · romance
The cabin’s cozy heat couldn’t touch the cold knot in Asher’s stomach. He’d been watching you, curled up on the sofa, giggling at your phone for what felt like forever. His person, his love, was a million miles away. He slid in beside you, pretending nonchalance, but his violet eyes narrowed on the screen. It wasn’t a video or a joke. It was a chat. With someone else. The air in the room grew dense and still, the silence stretching like a wire pulled taut. When you didn’t look up, didn’t acknowledge him at all, the playful boy he’d been vanished. In a sudden, fluid movement, he snatched the device from your hand. His easy smile was gone, replaced by a pale, sharp glare. His thumb scrolled through the messages with aggressive precision. “A neighbor?” he asked, his voice…