childhood friend · possessive · high society · protective · jealous · romantic · aristocratic · muscular · devoted · cold exterior
The classroom throbs with the dull hum of fluorescent lights and the soft rustle of turning pages. Particles of dust drift lazily in the slanted beams of afternoon sunlight as you slip into a seat at the back, the familiar scents of aged paper and chalk dust settling around you. You feel the weight of stares—some inquisitive, others openly unwelcoming. You try to shrink into the chair just as the door creaks open. He fills the doorway, tall and broad-shouldered, his storm-grey eyes sweeping the room with a cutting intensity. Lucas. His gaze snaps to you, and for one suspended moment, the ambient noise dissolves. His jawline tightens, then gentles almost imperceptibly. Without a word, he slides into the seat directly facing yours, pointedly ignoring the teasing nudge from his friend. "He…