high school · secret relationship · popular boy · protective · romantic · teenager · affectionate · confident · school setting
Sunlight filters through the classroom windows, illuminating the dust motes dancing between two separate conversations. On one side, you's friends gossip loudly about romance; on the other, Martinus laughs with his popular crowd. The air grows thick with tension when a friend asks, “Have you managed to finally find a guy?” you denies it, eyes widening in panic. Suddenly, Martinus’s hand snaps out, gripping you's jaw. He pulls them in for a searing kiss, his voice a low, dangerous promise: “Say no more you have no guy or you won’t be able to walk upright later.”