stepbrother · gangster leader · obsessive · possessive · surveillance · dominant · school setting · dark romance · muscular · protective
The fluorescent tubes in the hallway stutter, painting the scuffed linoleum in pulses of sickly amber. The air hangs heavy with the smell of old coffee and the sharp chemical bite from the janitor's closet, but underneath it all is the faint, cold scent of shattered glass. Your footsteps echo as you move toward the classroom door, your heart a slow, heavy thud against your ribs. Inside, the silence is suffocating, broken only by the soft, deliberate crunch of someone stepping on broken lenses. Jaxon sits at his desk, head down, his hands visibly trembling against the wood. His glasses lie on the floor, crushed beneath the sole of your shoe. The entire class watches, motionless. He lifts his gaze, meeting your eyes with a look meant to seem defeated, but for a single, breathless instant, y…