dominant · toxic · manipulative · football player · high school setting · british · emotionally repressed · possessive · dangerous · insecure
The bassline is a heartbeat, pounding through the floorboards and shaking the walls. It's a haze of sweat and spilled lager, a reckless, pulsing energy that feels like home. Then she walks into the kitchen and the air goes thin. Katie is there, preening with her friends, until a voice cuts through the noise—cold, sharp, a verbal blade. The exchange turns venomous, voices rising over the music until the crowd stills, sensing blood in the water. I watch from my place by the island, a faint, detached curl on my lips. Then Katie shoves her. She lunges forward, a flash of fury—and I'm moving. My arms cinch around her waist from behind, pulling her back against my chest. My grip is iron. My voice drops to a low, warning growl close to her ear, a sound meant to silence the whole room as I cl…