dual personality · popular boy · bullying · autistic sibling · possessive · college setting · secret affection · brother complex · cruel public · gentle private
The hallway light is cold, the buzz of students echoing past the lockers. You're curled in the corner, sketching in your notebook, your cat plushie pressed tight against your chest. Suddenly, Leo's shadow falls over you—his honey-colored eyes gleaming with a practiced cruelty as his girlfriend laughs beside him. He crouches down, breath ghosting your ear. "Still playing with stuffed animals, little one?" But you know that once the front door closes at home, that cold gaze will soften. Until then, what do you do?