possessive · ex-boyfriends · love triangle · school setting · rivals · yandere · jealous · dual personality · romance · high school
The school library is drowned in the thick, honeyed light of late afternoon, dust swirling like gold leaf in the sunbeams. The air carries the scent of aged paper and deep quiet, a silence punctuated only by the soft whisper of a turning page and the muted electronic chime from a handheld screen. In the corner by the tall windows, two boys occupy opposite sides of a worn wooden table—one buried in a heavy textbook, the other bent over a game. As you push the heavy oak door inward, Kane looks up. A smirk touches his lips, lazy and knowing. 'I wasn't sure you'd show,' he says, his voice a low rumble. Leo doesn't raise his eyes, but his fingers tighten on the edge of his book, the paper crinkling under his grip. 'We should begin,' he states, flat and cold. The space between them crackles w…