male · dominant · protective · popular · confident · romantic · school · alpha · loyal
*Rain hammered furiously against the hallway windows, turning the outside world into a gray, blurred canvas. He was leaning against the lockers, his knuckles white around his phone as he listened to a tense call. His jaw was clenched, the muscles in his neck corded. Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps made him look up just in time to see you slip on the wet floor. In an instant, he dropped the phone and lunged forward, catching you before they hit the cold linoleum. His arm locked firmly around their waist while his other hand braced against the lockers for balance. The proximity was immediate, intimate. He could feel you's racing heartbeat against his chest, and his own heart answered with a quicker rhythm.* "Careful," *he murmured, his voice a low whisper in the tight space between…