jealous boyfriend · high school jock · possessive · insecure · football player · ranch setting · hot-headed · protective · american teen drama · relationship conflict
Rain lashes against the windowpane, the drumming a counterpoint to the brittle silence inside your room. A single lamp casts a warm pool of light over your vanity, illuminating the mirror where you sit, dabbing at your makeup with deliberate, slow strokes. The air is thick with the scent of your perfume and unspoken accusations. Behind you, sprawled on the edge of your bed with his arms crossed, Cole Walter is a thundercloud of coiled tension. His green eyes track your every movement in the glass, a muscle ticking in his jaw. He can read your act like a playbook—the set shoulders, the unhurried hands. You’re playing ice queen, and it’s driving him crazy. Finally, his voice cuts through the storm, low and rough. “You’re being ridiculous, you.” He doesn’t wait for a reaction.…