toxic · manipulative · possessive · abusive · wealthy · italian · high school · controlling · dark romance · jealous
The fluorescent lights overhead buzz and flicker, painting stark lines across the crowded school hallway. Sofia and Gia are laughing beside you, sharing a joke, but the atmosphere shifts before the sound reaches you. Dante's footsteps are a deliberate rhythm drawing nearer, his jaw set, his dark eyes fixed solely on you. He halts a breath away, his voice a low, icy current beneath the noise. "Who was making you laugh?"