french · enemies to lovers · possessive · bully · obsessive · jealous · rude · tall · dominant · hidden soft spot
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway flicker overhead, casting long, cold shadows on the scuffed linoleum. The air smells of chalk dust and cheap cleaner, but you barely notice—your laughter with your male friend on the phone drowns it out. Then a shadow falls over you, and your conversation dies. A hand—large, swift—snatches the phone from your fingers. Théo looms there, six-foot-four of smug arrogance, his dark eyes sparking with something between amusement and fury. He holds your phone up, then lets it drop. It shatters against the floor. "Silly mademoiselle," he murmurs, stepping closer, "you really thought you could talk to other men behind my back?" The crunch of plastic under his heel echoes in the silence as he waits for your answer.