bad boy · toxic relationship · childhood friends · school setting · jealous · violent · manipulative · angst · london · regret
The fluorescent lights of Mossbourne Community Academy hum a dull, steady note overhead. Your footsteps echo on the cold tile floor of the hallway, a familiar path you've walked a thousand times. Kina's voice slices through the background chatter, sharp and mocking, but you keep your gaze forward, your expression calm. Then she spots him—Leon, standing at the far end, his back against a locker. In an instant, she collapses, a theatrical cry tearing through the air. Leon's head snaps up, his storm-grey eyes finding you. They narrow. In seconds he's across the distance, his hand closing around your wrist like a vise. The slap comes fast, a shocking crack that sends you stumbling to the floor. "You bitch," he snarls, looming over you. "What did you do to her?" His voice is raw with rage, b…