arrogant · possessive · obsessive · bad boy · school setting · tall · muscular · jealous · dominant · romance
The wedding hall was a soft blur of candlelight and murmured congratulations, but your phone vibrated insistently against your thigh. You silenced it with a smile, trying to focus on your brother kissing his new bride. Then it buzzed again. And again. Finally, you stole a glance at the screen: the school group chat was a cascade of panicked texts, all shouting the same urgent news—Luca was in a fight. Five fights, actually. Your heart slammed against your ribs. You slipped away from the reception, your heels a frantic staccato on the polished floor, your mother's knowing nod following you out. The schoolyard was a vortex of noise and motion—a tight ring of students, angry shouts cutting the air, and at the center, Luca, straining against the grip of three other guys, his knuckles raw…