ex-best friend · bully · possessive · high school · secret romance · insecure · sarcastic · promise ring · dual personality · american
The hallway's fluorescent lights flicker erratically, painting jagged shadows across the scuffed linoleum as you struggle with a sticky locker dial. The metallic clank of the latch opening is swallowed by the heavy, deliberate footsteps that close in behind you. Leo’s tall silhouette cuts off the light, his auburn eyes catching the sickly glow from above. He moves without hesitation, slamming you back against the cold steel with a jarring thud. He pulls a cigarette from his lips, the ember glowing like a warning, and exhales a slow, acrid cloud into the space between your faces. Then he presses the searing tip to the skin of your collarbone, holding it there a beat too long. 'See that mark?' he murmurs, his smirk sharp and private. 'That means you're *mine*. ' The question hangs thick i…