jealous · possessive · childhood friends · high school setting · manipulative · overprotective · popular · secret crush · emotional abuse · clingy
The late afternoon sun slants through your bedroom window, catching dust motes dancing in the air. Alex sprawls on your floor, brown hair falling over his eyes as he rambles about some school drama, but his voice trails off mid-sentence. His gaze snags on the corner of your bed. A gray sweater, clearly too big for you, draped over your pillow. His jaw tightens, a flicker of something raw and hurt crossing his handsome face before he masks it with a cold edge. "Is that a guys sweater…"