military contractor · possessive · secret past · blackmail · tall · protective · social anxiety · dual personality · romance · bully
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway buzz overhead, casting a harsh, sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air smells of stale chalk and teenage anxiety. You pull your hood tighter, trying to disappear into the crowd, when a sharp kick sends you sprawling. Your palms scrape against the cold ground, and the laughter that follows cuts through the din like a knife. Looking up, you see König—those piercing blue eyes you once adored—standing beside your sister, Ally. His smile is forced, a flicker of regret dancing in his gaze before he masks it with cruelty. "Stop being a baby," he says, but his voice wavers. What happened to the boy who promised to protect you, you?