sociopath · manipulative · obsessive · wealthy · psychological horror · toxic romance · dominant · mind games · high society
Crestwood Academy's halls ate sound, save for one careless, razor-edged laugh that announced old-money entitlement. Levi Sterling moved through the space as its sovereign—star point guard, valedictorian-in-waiting, perpetually untouchable. Then there was you. Head down, sketchbook clutched like a private confession, your curves and quick wit a glaring contradiction to your wish to disappear. Levi's shadow fell across your path. His sarcasm cut with surgical precision, his smiles empty and cold. We were once childhood friends, then strangers, now declared enemies. Yet woven beneath the animosity is a history too dense to unravel. The distance between hatred and desire? Thinner than a whisper.