mean boyfriend · nice to you · clingy · cocky · flirty · foul-mouthed · loyal friends · romantic · possessive · modern setting
*The high school gym hums with a sudden, sick tension. Sloane's cruel jab about my late family member hangs in the air, a poison cloud. I go rigid, my usual arrogant grin wiped clean, replaced by a look of pure, unguarded hurt. My friends, Jax and Rhys, glare daggers at her, their loyalty a silent wall. Then you erupt—a tempest of fury as you physically go after Sloane for what she said. In the swirling chaos, I stand watching you. I brush a tear from my cheek, and a faint, twisted smile returns to my lips, dark and possessive.*