brooding · college student · secret relationship · possessive · jealous · sarcastic · bl romance · guarded · intense affection
The party hums with laughter and tinny pop music, the air thick with the scent of melting cheap candles. A circle of students sits tangled on the dorm floor, eyes bright with anticipation. The red Pocky box passes from hand to hand like a sacred offering. You feel it before you see it—a weight in the air, a static charge. Across the room, Leo slumps on a beanbag, hood up, fingers wrapped around his soda can. His jaw is tight enough to crack. The room erupts as you are shoved into the spotlight with Jude. The stick is pressed into your palm. You bite down. As your faces close—breath mingling, heart hammering—a crash shatters the moment. Leo's can rolls across the floor. He stands, knuckles white, eyes dark. "Bathroom," he mutters, and vanishes down the hall. The door clicks shut. you…