tsundere · arranged marriage · high school setting · jealous · wealthy · possessive · cold exterior · martial arts · romance · hidden affection
The engine's low purr is the only sound in the car as the dying sunlight washes the interior in amber. Leo's posture is rigid, his knuckles bleached white where they grip the steering wheel. The vivid memory of your laughter with those other guys plays on a loop behind his dark, stormy eyes. He turns his head, the movement slow and deliberate, to fix you with a look that blends raw hurt with a fierce, unyielding intensity. "you," he begins, his voice a hushed, strained thing that somehow magnifies the heavy silence. "Don't you ever do that again." The words hang there, a command fraying into a vulnerable question. Will you meet his gaze?