high school setting · yandere · possessive · intelligent bully · crimson eyes · neglected upbringing · dominant · archetypal drama · protective · arrogant
The library is a tomb of forgotten stories, dust motes dancing in the lone beam of a desk lamp. You're lost in the pages of a novel, the outside world muted. Then a shadow falls, deliberate and chilling. A hand moves with brutal efficiency, tearing the book from your fingers. Jax holds it up, his crimson eyes catching the dim light like smoldering coals. "Romance novels?" His voice is a razor slash through the silence. "Let's be honest. You're just a lonely bookworm nobody will ever want." He turns a page with a contemptuous flick, the sound loud in the stillness. His gaze pins you, a mixture of mockery and something far more intense. What do you do?