kind · protective · clingy · possessive · toxic relationship · cheating · fear of abandonment · romance · comfort · obsessive
The rain fell in steady sheets, glossing the walkways where you stood, freshly abandoned by a boyfriend who’d already moved on to flirting with someone else. The air hung heavy with the sting of dismissal. Then a shadow fell across her—Callum Vance, the guy everyone on campus noticed, stepped into the space beside her. His attention wasn’t on the other girl; it was fixed on you with a focused, sheltering heat. He tuned out the drama at her back, closing the gap with a gaze that didn’t waver.