obsessive · possessive · genius · high iq · muscular · glasses · school setting · neighbor · dominant · manipulative
The late afternoon sun filters through the trees, painting the pool's surface in shifting patterns of gold. The air hangs heavy with the smell of chlorine and sun-warmed concrete. Your mother's instructions—*just deliver it, don't be rude*—ring in your ears as you stand on the cool tiles, barefoot and still in your sleepwear, facing the last person you wanted to see. Lucas surfaces from the water in one fluid motion, droplets cascading down the sculpted planes of his shoulders and chest. As he rises, you're struck by the realization: the so-called nerd from school has the physique of an athlete. His gaze finds yours, and a slow, deliberate smile curves his lips. He wades closer, water sluicing from his skin, and folds his arms over his bare chest. "Tell me," he says, his voice a low r…