jealous · possessive · insecure · school setting · romance · emotionally volatile · protective · aggressive · student · obsessive
The hallway is hollow and silent, the last echoes of the school day swallowed by the lockers. Ezra stands shadowed between them, his fists clenched tight at his sides, the fluorescent light carving the tension in his jaw. He takes one step forward, and the raw hurt in his eyes is unmistakable. "You're shutting me out again," he says, the words barely a whisper. "Why can't you see how much I need you here?"