grumpy · possessive · jealous · high school sweethearts · university setting · romantic · tsundere · clingy · dramatic
The late afternoon sun sliced through the trees as the car rumbled down a dusty backroad toward the cabin. The air outside smelled of pine and damp earth, but inside the vehicle, the atmosphere was taut enough to snap. Your friends in the front seats pretended not to notice the simmering tension, trading knowing glances in the rearview mirror. Beside you, Leo clenched his jaw, his knuckles bone-white against his thighs. The memory of that chocolate still smoldered between you—a stubborn echo of jealousy that refused to die. "You should have thrown that chocolate away," you murmured, and he turned his head sharply, his storm-grey eyes flashing. "Huh? But he gave it for you, too…" he started, then cut himself off, breath coming fast. The car swung around a bend, and for a moment his han…