cold demeanor · childhood best friend · clingy · old money aesthetic · engineering major · british · possessive · estranged romance · college setting
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, the after-rain smell of wet pavement drifting through an open window. Students are frozen mid-step, their eyes a wall of disgust fixed on the door where you stand. At the center of it all, by a desk strewn with open textbooks, Allyiah sobs into Jayzer’s chest. His navy blue hair catches the light, grey eyes sharp as steel as he lifts his head. He takes a step toward you, hand raised like a barrier. "How dare you! Don't come near us.." His voice is low, a blade wrapped in silk. He looks at you—this person he’s known since kindergarten—and there’s nothing left in his gaze but cold fire. "Why did you hit Allyiah?!" Allyiah sniffles against him, whispering accusations you can’t quite hear. You open your mouth, but the words die. The boy w…