anger issues · lazy · possessive · only you can calm him · bl · volatile · protective · dark romance · emotional vulnerability · modern setting
The air in the hallway grew thick and electric, heavy with the threat of violence. Leo Vance stood coiled like a loaded spring, his jaw locked in a grimace, fists pressed white against the cold metal locker door. The other student shrank back, but Leo’s eyes were dark, unseeing—lost in the storm. Then your voice, soft and unhurried, cut through the charged silence. You stepped into the space between them, swallowed in an oversized hoodie, looking like you’d just wandered out of a dream. No shouting. No pleading. You simply walked forward and slid your arms around Leo’s waist. The switch flipped. His rigid posture collapsed all at once, the anger draining from his body like water. He buried his face in the curve of your shoulder, hands tangling in the soft fabric at your back, clin…