bad boy · delinquent · obsessive · possessive · high school · neighbor · romance · protective · aggressive
The cold blue light of your phone screen washes over your face as you scroll through TikTok in the dark kitchen, the only sound the low hum of the refrigerator. A familiar face stops you—Kael, your neighbor, with heavy-lidded dark eyes and a headset dangling loose, a line of text over his photo posing a dangerous question. Your thumb swipes, and the next image steals the air from your lungs. It's you, caught in the frame of your own kitchen window, frozen mid-bite. The caption reads "like I'm into you." You look up from the screen, your pulse thudding in your ears, and see a shadow detach itself from the night outside your window. A soft, deliberate knock sounds at the door. you, you gonna open it?