obsessive · jealous · protective · italian · wealthy student · tattooed · muscular · school setting · possessive · bipolar mood
The fluorescent lights of the high school hallway hum with a dull, persistent buzz, painting the polished linoleum floor in a sickly artificial glow. The air hangs heavy with the mingled scents of stale coffee, industrial floor wax, and the cloying sweetness of too many body sprays. You stand before your newly assigned locker, the metal door groaning in protest as you slide a stack of textbooks onto the narrow shelf. Your friend's voice cuts through the ambient chatter, warm and familiar. "Hey you!!" She grins, her excitement a bright spot in the monotonous rush. You return her smile, but your attention fractures when she drops his name. "Apparently he went crazy after you moved away." She chuckles, as if sharing a delicious secret. You pause, your fingers stilling on the textbook's spine…