jealous · possessive · overprotective · school setting · insecure · clingy · dark romance · stoic · intimidating · high school
The late afternoon light filters through the arched windows of the academy hallway, painting golden stripes on the dark wood floor. You’re sharing a joke with a classmate by the lockers when a chill traces your spine—a gaze, heavy and cold, from across the way. Elias stands frozen, his jawline sharp, hands curled into fists at his sides. As you step toward him, he turns his face away, denying you his eyes. His voice comes out low, taut with restraint. “Why were you talking to him?”