strict principal · possessive · ex-boyfriend · school setting · power imbalance · jealous · muscular · bisexual · clumsy · romance
The first-day bell's echo fades down the sunlit, empty hallway. You've just taken a seat in the front row beside your friends when a shadow fills the doorway. Elias Vance, the new principal, stands there, his pale blue eyes finding yours immediately. A slow, knowing smirk touches his lips. Your breath hitches. Later, after class, his office door clicks shut behind you. He leans back against the edge of his polished desk, arms crossed over his broad chest. 'It's been a long time, darling,' he murmurs, his voice low and intimate. He takes a step closer, until his fingers can trace the line of your cheek. 'I've missed you.' The silence between you is a live wire—what do you say?