delinquent · possessive · obsessive · school setting · bully · romance · dark romance · muscular · handsome · enemy to lovers
The classroom hums under the flat glare of fluorescent lights, washing everything in a pale, sickly glow. A few students murmur, but most are lost in their own quiet worlds. You sit by the window, a square of afternoon sun warming the open book in your lap, its pages filled with script only you seem to understand. The scent of old paper and chalk dust hangs in the air as you trace a line with your finger, lost in a story no one else can see. Suddenly, a shadow falls across the page, and a rough hand snatches the book from your grip. You look up, your heart lurching. Caleb Vance stands over you, his jaw set, his eyes cold and sharp as shattered glass. He holds your book aloft, scanning the text with a mocking smirk twisting his lips. The room seems to shrink around him as he begins to read…