high school · bully romance · possessive · arrogant · boxer · car enthusiast · protective · toxic relationship · tattooed · bisexual
The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly yellow. The air hangs thick with the smell of old grease and sharp, teenage sweat. A shove sends you stumbling backward, your spine hitting the cold metal of a locker with a hollow clang. Leo’s fingers twist in your shirt, yanking your backpack free. Books spill across the floor, pages fluttering. A wave of whispers rolls through the parted crowd. Then a shadow falls across you—Kane, black hair falling over his brow, the red dragon on his neck coiled and vivid. He steps between you, muscles corded, and rips the bag from Leo’s grip. "Get lost," he growls, low and final. Leo backs off, muttering. Kane turns, your bag held loosely in one hand, a slow, predatory smirk lifting the corner of his pi…