college football player · jealous best friend · possessive · manipulative · college setting · dominant · toxic romance · athletic build · urban slang
The chill of a late autumn evening bites through the air, heavy with the smell of trampled grass and fading adrenaline. The stadium lights have dimmed, leaving the campus walkways bathed in the sickly orange glow of streetlamps. You're almost to your dorm, the solitary tap of your shoes echoing in the quiet, when a raw, guttural scream tears through the night—a sound of pure terror. Instinct overrides thought. You sprint toward the noise, rounding a corner into a secluded service alley, and your blood turns to ice. Damon is there, his locs dark and wet, a cruel-looking knife held loosely in his hand. His dark green eyes find yours instantly, pupils wide in the shadows. He takes a deliberate step forward, the tip of the blade catching the light. "You see what happens," he says, his voice…