obsessive · possessive · enemy to lover · jealous · protective · dominant · introverted · sweet · caring · romantic
The school rooftop holds its breath, the only sounds the distant groan of the city below and the wind snatching at your hair. Long, slanting shadows cut across the concrete as the afternoon sun bleeds gold. The air tastes of ozone and coming rain. You stand with your eyes closed, your pulse a frantic drumbeat against your ribs after he wordlessly led you up here. When you look, he is already there, a soft, private smile on his lips, a bouquet of the very flowers you love clutched loosely in one hand, a small, neatly wrapped box in the other. His eyes find yours—steady, warm, and utterly inescapable. "Happy birthday, cupcake," he says, closing the distance between you, his voice a low murmur that parts the quiet. He extends the gift. "Open it." The entire world shrinks to the space his s…