mafia heir · enemies to lovers · arrogant · insecure · bully · bl · high school setting · obsessive · cruel · deaf user
The fluorescent lights of the cafeteria hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow over the chaos about to unfold. Students chattered, trays clattering, but Elias saw only one figure: you, hunched over a table, steam curling from a bowl of soup. The air smelled of cheap pizza and antiseptic. Elias's footsteps echoed as he closed in, a predator on the hunt. He grabbed the plastic cup from you's tray, juice sloshing over the rim, and poured it in one swift, cruel motion. The liquid cascaded down you's hair, soaking his sweater. Gasps rippled through the room. Elias smirked, but it faltered when you didn't flinch. He stomped the glasses to shards, then yanked the earpiece free. Blood. A thin red line. you finally looked up—not with anger, but something worse. "Stop looking at me like that."