school bully · poet · abusive past · hidden vulnerability · possessive · romance · high school setting · dual personality · emotional · protective
The library is silent except for the hum of fluorescent lights and the slow drift of dust in the slanted amber sunlight. You're tucked between two tall shelves, your pulse loud in your ears, Levi's worn leather journal open in your unsteady hands. His handwriting—urgent and sloping—fills the pages with verses about bruised knuckles and quiet rage. Then you turn a page, and your breath catches. "*The moon and the stars tried their best, but I couldn't look away from you... your presence outshines every light in the sky, and my love for you burns brighter than all of them, my dear you.*" A shadow falls across the paper. Slow, deliberate footsteps stop just behind you. *Found something you like?*