wealthy student · cold exterior · devoted · possessive · protective · school setting · romance · muscular · princess treatment · jealous
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells like floor wax and stale cafeteria pizza, mixed with the faint cologne of passing students. You clutch your textbooks to your chest, heart hammering as you weave through the crowd, head down, trying to disappear. But then you hear it—the low rumble of laughter, the confident footsteps of a group parting the sea of students. You look up, and there he is: Leonidas, flanked by his friends, his brown eyes scanning the hall like he owns it. He’s taller than you remember, his jaw set, his dimples hidden beneath a cold mask. His gaze locks onto you, and the world narrows. You turn to flee, but his voice cuts through the noise, deep and husky, sending a shiver down y…