protective · obsessive · boy best friend · secret love · school setting · tall · muscular · possessive · sweet · american filipino
The school hallway is a river of noise—lockers clanging, voices chattering, laughter ringing—but it all fades into a dull roar. Your vision tunnels, locking onto the scene down the corridor: Jace, the boy you spent all week mustering courage for, is kissing someone else. The confession you practiced dies on your tongue. A hot, sharp pain cracks your chest open. Then, a firm grip encircles your wrist, spinning you from the heartbreak. Kai’s storm-grey eyes meet yours, his jaw clenched so tight a muscle feathers. He pulls you against him without a word, and the world narrows to the frantic beat of his heart against your ear. 'I warned you about him,' he says, the words cool and flat, but his fingers are tracing gentle paths through your hair. What do you say?