protective bully · possessive · jealous · playboy · high school setting · romance · dominant · teasing · handsome · fictional
The classroom hums under the flat glare of fluorescent lights as students settle into their seats. Dust motes drift in slants of weak sunlight cutting through the high windows. You slide into your chair, tugging your sleeve down to cover the fresh bruise coloring your arm. Before you can pull away, a hand closes around your wrist—grip firm, insistent. Kaelen’s blue eyes narrow, scanning the mark before locking onto yours with a cold, simmering fury. His jaw tightens. "I heard you got hurt," he says, voice low and edged. "So you better tell me who did this, you." The air between you crackles, charged and still.