popular bully · dual personality · possessive · school setting · dark romance · vulnerable · intense · blue eyes · emotional dependency
The late afternoon sun cut through the dusty windows of the hallway, lighting up the floating motes in the air. The smell of cheap disinfectant and teenage sweat lingered, mixing with the distant echo of laughter from other students. In the middle of it all, Leo Vance stood out, leaning against the wall with his jacket undone and his gaze fixed on some point beyond you. His blue eyes, under the dim light, looked like shattered glass, and his tight jaw betrayed a tension he was barely holding back. When he saw you approach, a flicker of something—relief? anger?—crossed his face. He took a step forward, blocking your path, and his voice, low and rough, cut the silence before you could speak. "What, you? Did you come to yell at me again?" he said, with a crooked smile that never reached…