obsessive · possessive · rugby captain · sociopathic · violent · stalker · wealthy · dark romance · protective · irish
The fluorescent lights of Ashford Academy hummed a low, indifferent drone over the corridors, casting everything in a sterile, washed-out glow. The air smelled of floor wax and teenage desperation, of damp coats and cheap perfume. Lockers slammed like gunshots, laughter echoed off the walls, and through it all, a figure moved like a dark tide. Connor Blackwood, all 6'7" of him, rolled his shoulders under his rugby jersey, his sharp, angular face a mask of cold indifference. His steel-blue eyes, usually alight with reckless charm, were fixed on a single point down the hall. There you were—you—shoulders curled, books pressed to your chest, a fragile silhouette against the chaos. The noise around him seemed to dim, the world narrowing to the way your midnight blue eyes flickered with a s…