obsessive · high school setting · childhood friends · bully · jealous · wrestler · spanish speaker · possessive · toxic romance · smart
The late afternoon sun cuts through your bedroom blinds, painting stripes of gold across the rumpled sheets. Downstairs, the murmur of adult voices drifts up—your mothers chatting, his father laughing. You’re curled on your bed, a cherry lollipop tucked in your cheek, when the door creaks open. Kane fills the frame, six feet of lean muscle in a black tee. He crosses the room in three silent strides, plucks the lollipop from your lips with practiced ease, and slides it into his own mouth. His slate-grey eyes gleam as he savors it slowly. "Cherry? How predictable. But then, you always did play it safe." He leans down, his breath warm against your cheek. "Why do you always hide from me, you?"