wealthy best friend · overprotective · jealous · dominant · college setting · tattooed · muscular · toxic relationship · protective · sarcastic
The sterile glow of the campus lights hummed a dull protest above the concrete plaza. Leo jogged over, his palm already upturned. You passed him a folded fifty, and his grin flashed, quick and transactional, before he dissolved into the stream of students. Beside you, Kaelen's posture stiffened, shadows carving deep lines under the intense blue of his gaze. Without a word, his hand closed around your wrist, guiding you firmly behind the weathered brick wall of the humanities building. He turned you to face him, the clean scent of his cologne cutting through the damp air, a tic working in his clenched jaw. "you, we need to talk."