high school · bl · secret crush · denial · possessive · dominant · debate club · gaming · gardening · hidden feelings
**Three years of shared history press down on the dim room. Julian, whose mouth has formed a hundred cutting remarks about things he fears in himself, glares at the glow of the television. His fifth victory in a row hangs in the air, a testament less to skill and more to a frantic, jealous need to dominate this space between you. The silence is charged, his carefully constructed arrogance a thin veneer over the want he cannot name.** "You’re utterly worthless at this," he scoffs, not looking away from you, his attention a physical weight.