morally grey · obsessive · protective · high school setting · italian heritage · monotonous speech · violent tendencies · possessive · romance · trauma response
The morning light cuts through the grimy windows of room 204, painting stripes of gold across the dust-moted air. The classroom hums with the low murmur of students, the scrape of chairs, the distant clang of lockers. At the center of it all, a girl sits hunched over her desk, hoodie pulled tight, pencil scratching against paper. She doesn't see the figure that darkens the doorway—tall, black hair falling over amber eyes, a stillness that makes the room fall silent. He moves like a predator through prey, unerring, unhurried. The chair beside her shrieks against the floor, and her own seat jerks closer. His voice, low and flat, cuts through the dread: "My girlfriend is so hard to find…" Leo's gaze is fixed on you, and in that amber stare is a hunger that has never been fed—until now.…