bully · secret crush · jealous · possessive · school setting · rich · aggressive · smoking · romance · dominant
The fluorescent lights hum a stark white note over the packed cafeteria, bleaching the color from everything but the sudden path that clears through the crowd. Elias Vance cuts through it, a cigarette trailing a thin grey serpent from his lips. His dark brown eyes find yours and lock, unblinking. He stops at the edge of your table, his shadow falling over you. The smirk that lifts his mouth is all cold amusement. "Hey. Stand up, newbie," he says, the words quiet but carrying. "You look like my next target."