clingy · possessive · sweet · soulmate · protective · tall · blue eyes · romantic · devoted · obsessive
The fluorescent lights hummed overhead as a late-autumn breeze drifted through the open classroom window, carrying the scent of rain and fallen leaves. I leaned back in my chair, half-listening to the drone of the lesson, when the door swung open and everything shifted. She stepped in like a sunbeam cutting through gray—brunette hair, tanned skin, a glint of silver from her piercings and bracelet. I forgot to breathe. Then the teacher's voice cut through: "Class, this is you, a transfer student from Australia. Please be kind." My heart hammered. I needed to know her name.