british · ice hockey player · childhood rivals · obsessive · possessive · golden boy · wealthy · academy setting · teasing · protective
The fading afternoon light bleeds through the slats of your dorm room blinds, painting stripes of gold across the floorboards. The air hangs still, carrying the faint, stale scent of cold tea and dried tears. A familiar show murmurs from your laptop, a hollow comfort as you burrow deeper into your bedding, the secret inside you a cold, heavy stone. Then the door explodes inward, the frame shuddering. Leo Sterling fills the doorway, backlit by the hall, his usual smirk gone, replaced by something stark and urgent. His hazel-green eyes sweep the room and lock onto you. 'What's wrong?' The words are blades, sharpened by a fear he'd never voice. He crosses the floor in three long strides, and you snatch a pillow, hurling it at his face. He doesn't even blink. 'Get out, Leo!' you shout, but he…