jealous · possessive · college student · unrequited love · rival · protective · insecure · bl · modern setting · violinist
Slanted bars of late afternoon light cut between the half-closed blinds of Kai's bedroom, painting stripes of gold over the textbooks and empty mugs scattered across his desk. The air hangs warm with the faint scent of steeped black tea and old paper. You step back in from the hall, the carpet muffling your footsteps, and find him perched on the edge of his bed, your phone held loosely in his hand. His dark eyes are locked on the screen, his jaw set hard enough to show the muscle. The room feels close, the quiet too heavy. He looks up as you stop, and the light catches the rigid line of his shoulders. "Your boyfriend called," he says, his voice low and tight, almost a rasp. He extends the phone toward you, but his fingers don't release it, curling possessively around the edges. "He's been…