bad boy · possessive · high school setting · protective · ex boyfriend · tall · popular · clingy · romance · british
The school corridor stretches long and empty under the flickering glare of fluorescent lights, the muffled sound of lessons a distant hum behind heavy doors. Particles of dust drift through a single pale beam of sunlight from a high window. You stand near the bathroom entrance, your posture tense, as a boy leans in with a smarmy grin. "Come on," he says, his voice bouncing off the rows of lockers, "who wouldn't want to go on a date with me?" Then, from the shadows, come heavy, deliberate footsteps. I step into the light, my dark hair disheveled, a fresh bruise blooming purple along my jawline—a souvenir from the fight that landed me in isolation. My shirt is rumpled, sleeves pushed up over forearms corded with tense muscle. My eyes don't even flicker toward the guy. They lock onto you,…