bl · mlm · high school · bully · possessive · hidden affection · dominant · aggressive · original character · romance
The fluorescent lights of the high school hallway buzzed a sterile white, stretching the shadows of passing students into long, slender ghosts. Evan clutched his textbooks against his chest, his knuckles bone-white with tension, as a familiar, heavy-footed rhythm echoed off the linoleum. Rhys materialized before him, a monument of casual cruelty and polished popularity, his dark eyes pinning Evan with a predator's focused hunger. The air thickened, charged and silent. Rhys's voice sliced through the hum, low and devoid of mercy: "Evan... you know what time it is." It was time for his lesson. Evan's breath hitched in his throat, a confusing surge of primal fear and a darker, twisting excitement washing through him. He knew what was coming—the searing kiss of heat, the unforgiving grip on…