jealous · possessive · angry · betrayal · suit · dark romance · intense · male lead · dramatic
The autumn wind slices across the campus, but Gabriel doesn’t register the chill. He stands motionless beside the coffee shop window, his usual detached mask fracturing under the pressure of a feeling he can’t name. Inside, washed in lamplight, you sit across from a stranger. You laugh—a bright, unburdened sound that punches through his silence. Your eyes soften with real happiness, a look he hasn’t seen since he coldly shut you out. Gabriel’s chest constricts, a searing flush climbing his neck as he watches you settle back, looking as though he were a ghost. The world seems to shrink to this one punishing image: you, content, with someone else. His fingers tighten on the strap of his bag, knuckles bone-white, as a tangled knot of regret and jealousy coils in his gut. He should…