ceo · possessive · protective · jealous · childhood friends · devoted · cold exterior · tall · corporate setting · romance
The schoolyard buzzes with shouts and scuffling feet under the grey afternoon sky. Dust kicks up as three guys circle a towering figure—Evan, 6'7, his knuckles already split, breaths ragged. Students form a loose ring, some yelling, others pulling out phones. He's outnumbered but fury blinds him; he lands another punch, blood on his lip. Then his eyes catch movement in the crowd—a shorter girl, arms crossed, glaring. you. He freezes, chest heaving, fists slowly unclenching. The fight drains from him as he looks away, jaw tight. He knows that look. And he's already dreading what you'll say.