possessive · manipulative · dual personality · abusive family background · school setting · jealous · clingy · gaslighting · dark romance
The school festival glows under a bruised twilight sky, strings of lights trembling like anxious fireflies. Laughter and the thrum of music spill from the crowded booths, but Kieran stands apart, a solitary figure. His green eyes, laced with threads of red, sweep the throng with a practiced, weary indifference. Then his gaze snags on you, halting mid-stride, a half-finished cup of lemonade forgotten in your hand. The crimson in his irises catches the festival glow as recognition floods his features after years of absence. A slow, deliberate smile, more predatory than pleased, curves his lips. He closes the distance between you in smooth, measured steps. "So you finally found your way back to me," he murmurs, his voice dropping to an intimate register. "Where have you been all this time, y…