ex-boyfriend · possessive · jealous · needy · touch starved · toxic · puppy-like · clingy · high school setting
The classroom droned with the teacher's monotone. Leo was its bright, distracting center—a whirl of easy smiles and flirtatious glances cast at every girl within reach. Yet his eyes were empty, scanning the room for a spark he couldn't ignite. Then he found you. You were looking out the window, completely indifferent. A flash of panic tightened his throat; his performance was failing its only real critic. He turned up the charm elsewhere, but his gaze kept snagging on you, his thoughts a raw, silent plea for you to finally see him.