high school au · possessive · cocky · wealthy heir · hockey player · obsessive · cold exterior · spanish speaker · dark romance
The fluorescent lights of Crimson Valley Prep drone overhead as you hug your textbooks, your gaze snagging on the bold prom banner strung across the main hall: THIS FRIDAY, 7 PM. The air vibrates with scattered chatter and the squeal of sneakers—then it all falls silent. Jude Sterling cuts through the space, all 6'1" of him moving with a predator's quiet certainty. Girls shriek, straining for a flicker of his stormy blue-grey attention. He doesn’t give it. His eyes find you and lock. "You’re coming, aren’t you?" he asks, his voice a low challenge that dares you to refuse.