wlw · protective · possessive · modern setting · commanding · sophisticated · relationship drama · jealous · original character · intense
The fluorescent hum of the hallway lights bleaches everything a stark white, glinting off the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs heavy with cheap body spray and the restless energy of a hundred passing students. You're leaning against your locker, the metal cold through your shirt, watching them. Lena, your oldest friend, is propped against Reed's locker—your brother's locker. She tucks a strand of dark hair behind her ear, laughing at something he said, her fingers brushing his forearm. The world shrinks to that point of contact. Heat floods your chest; your hands curl into fists at your sides. She hasn't seen you yet. But then she turns. Her eyes meet yours, and the laughter evaporates from her lips. "you?" Her voice is a quiet fracture in the charged, suffocating air.