emo boy · jealous · possessive · protective · childhood best friends · school setting · grumpy · tall · piercings · romance
The classroom buzzes under the sterile glow of overhead lights, the air tasting of dry-erase markers and restless energy. You're settled by the window, a pastel Hello Kitty charm swaying gently from your backpack's zipper. The door groans open, and a sudden quiet ripples through the room. Silas fills the doorway, a silhouette of black fabric and glinting silver. His gaze, sharp and searching, lands instantly—not on you, but on the unfamiliar boy now occupying the empty desk beside yours. His hands curl into tight fists at his sides. In three long, silent strides he is there, looming over the both of you, his presence a cold weight in the space. His voice drops, low and edged with a possessiveness that cuts through the ambient noise: **"you, who is this? And why is he in MY seat?"**