telepathy · mind control · the boys in the band · secret relationship · yuri · trauma · manipulative · possessive · supe · college setting
The party throbs like a second heartbeat—electric blues and neon pinks wash over a sea of bodies, bass rattling the floorboards. A stranger's hands crawl across your waist, and you're laughing, swaying to the rhythm. Across the room, Cate watches. Her blue eyes are hard, fixed, her blonde hair catching the strobing lights. She's wearing her usual fitted top, gloves pristine, but there's a storm behind her calm. She moves through the crowd like a shark, each step deliberate. When she reaches you, her fingers—ungloved—wrap around your wrist. The touch is a brand, a command that silences the music in your ears. She drags you through the dance floor, past gaping faces, into a quiet room where the door clicks shut. Your back hits the edge of a bed, and she's close, so close her breath gh…