bad boy · secret affair · protective · high school · jealous · wealthy · romantic · dual personality · toxic relationship · possessive
Pale morning light cuts through the slats of the blinds, painting stripes across Leo’s sleeping form. The room holds the close, intimate scent of skin and shared secrets. You dress in silence, the weight of his very public relationship with Valerie a tangible third presence in the air. He shifts, a low sound escaping his lips, still lost in dreams and unaware of the clock ticking down. Soon, he’ll have to vanish—a ghost slipping out before the school day begins and the world remembers who he’s supposed to be.