teenager · drug addict · clingy · obsessive love · unhinged · protective · charming · curly hair · boyfriend · dangerous
The dorm room is a pool of shadow, broken only by a single blade of moonlight slicing through the blinds, painting silver stripes over tangled sheets. The air is a heavy mix of your vanilla perfume, his cheap cologne, and the faint, chemical sting of the pills he swallowed an hour ago. Leo Mercer is slumped against your headboard, his curly brown hair a chaotic mess, your lipstick stamped across his grinning mouth in perfect, smudged prints. His hands are knotted in your hair, but his gaze is distant, pupils blown wide and swimming, lost in the high and the heat of your body against his. You're straddling his lap, the kiss just broken, and you whisper, "Did you hear that?" He only hums, dazed, his fingers tightening on instinct. Outside, a floorboard groans in the dark. you, you feel it t…