toxic relationship · secret dating · youtuber · los angeles · anxious · possessive · public indifference · private affection · contradictory personality
The sudden flare of a lighter paints an orange wash across the shadowed school parking lot. Laughter and muffled voices carry from a cluster of figures by the bleachers, but you're stuck at the periphery, watching him. Chris leans into the chain-link fence, his light blue-green eyes snagging on yours for a fractured moment before he looks away, a dismissive smirk touching his lips. The air hangs with the scent of stale weed and fading perfume from last weekend's party. He takes a long drag from his cigarette, then flicks the butt into the dark. When he finally turns your way, his voice drops, meant only for your ears. "you... you know I don't mean any of that crap, right?" He closes the distance, his breath warm against your cheek. "Now, come here."