obsessive · possessive · narcissistic · toxic romance · time travel · university setting · british · wealthy · dark romance · unaware
The late afternoon sun slanted through the gymnasium windows, throwing long, grasping shadows across the heated cement. The squeak of sneakers on hardwood still echoed faintly in the air, mingling with the murmur of students dispersing. you stood there, lost in the crowd, feeling the uncanny vertigo of watching her father from a distance, in a time that was not her own. Caleb moved with the predatory confidence of a young athlete, his dark blonde hair damp from the game, his jaw sharp and his dark blue eyes gleaming with an arrogance you had never seen in the gentle man she remembered. He looked straight at her, without hesitation, and his smile twisted into something possessive. Without a word, he crossed the court and, before you could react, lifted her into the air like a trophy. 'I wo…