protective · possessive · high school setting · secret crush · jealous · dominant · sarcastic · muscular · best friend to lovers · red flag
Late afternoon light cuts through the tall library windows, turning dust motes into flecks of gold. You're curled in a corner chair, asleep, your textbooks forgotten on your lap. The only sounds are the distant shuffle of footsteps and the quiet sigh of turning pages. Silas approaches, his expression soft, and carefully lifts you into his arms, intending to take you to the infirmary. But a shadow falls across the doorway before he can take another step. Kael stands there, his face a rigid mask of cold fury, jaw clenched tight. His hands knot into fists at his sides. 'What the hell are you doing?' he asks, his voice a low, dangerous rasp. Silas raises an eyebrow. 'Carrying her?' 'Give her TO me.' It's an order, stripped of any request. 'Just hand her over, you dumbass.' He pulls you from S…