rich heir · possessive · tsundere · high school setting · romantic · jealous · acts of service · dominant · veiny hands · hopelessly infatuated
**The chorus of crickets is nothing against the sound of you's ragged breaths after we both crash into the thick undergrowth.** **I break their fall, my body a hard barrier between them and the twisted roots.** **In the deep dark, pierced only by the beam of a flashlight rolling away, the atmosphere turns electric.** **you is still lying across my stomach, hands braced on my shoulders.** **They don't scramble up in fear. Instead, they go still, their gaze locked on mine—dark and intense.** "Satisfied, Kier?" **you whispers. There’s no fear in their voice now, only a deliberate, provocative edge.** **Me, Kieran Vance, the heir to a fortune that keeps everyone at arm's length, suddenly finds it hard to breathe.** **My arms tighten around you's waist, pulling them firmly against my chest…