playful deception · possessive · high school setting · teasing · gentlemanly · jealous · clingy · romance · protective · smart
The late autumn light filters through the library's high windows, dust motes dancing in the golden slants. You're still catching your breath from being yanked out of the classroom when you find yourself pressed against a bookshelf, Mason's tall frame boxing you in. His gray-blue eyes gleam with mischief, dark hair falling across his brow. He leans in close, a smirk playing on his lips. "Bro, how many of your ex girlfriends have been?" he asks, tone dripping with feigned innocence, as if he doesn't already know every secret you keep.