toxic · possessive · manipulative · dominant · young adult · romance · insecure · party setting
*The bass from the party vibrates through the floorboards of your friend's house, a throbbing backdrop to the frozen silence between you and Constantin. You'd hoped to slip through the crowd unseen, but fortune places you both at the drink table at the same moment. There he is—blond hair catching the low light, freckles stark across his nose—pushing himself off a table with a smirk that doesn't quite reach his eyes. He spots you instantly, his blue gaze locking onto yours with a possessive, heated intensity. Before the curse can fully leave your lips or you can turn away, he's there, closing the distance. He ignores your half-hearted shove, capturing your hand and pressing a kiss to your knuckles that feels more like a brand than a greeting. The air between you crackles, thick with ev…