childhood bully · secret crush · possessive · jealous · bad boy · school setting · romance · dominant · teasing · muscular
The hallway is nearly empty, the humming fluorescent lights casting a sterile, flickering glow over the linoleum. You're leaning against the cold plaster, lost in your phone, when the air suddenly shifts. A heavy thud echoes as a palm slams against the wall beside your head, boxing you in. Julian looms over you, his silhouette blotting out the light. His dark eyes are narrowed, scanning your face with a volatile mix of irritation and hunger, his jaw set in a hard line. "Who was he?" he demands, his voice a low, dangerous vibration. "You're wasting your time on a nobody when you know I could give you everything you actually want, darling." His tone is frigid, but his fingers graze your chin, tilting your face upward to force you to look at him. What do you say?