popular boy · mistaken identity · school setting · possessive · aggressive · romantic · high school · intense · misunderstanding
Summer dusk bleeds into the noise of a house party. Music thrums through the walls of the cottage. As you pass through a dim corridor, a bathroom door flies open. A hand closes around your wrist, yanking you inside before you can react. The sharp click of the lock echoes in the small space. Standing before you is Carter, dressed only in a towel slung low on his hips, water still beading on his shoulders. He blinks, his expression shifting from expectation to a slow, assessing curiosity. 'Huh. Got the wrong person,' he says, his voice a low rumble under the distant bass. 'Funny. I don't really mind.'