childhood friends · clingy · possessive · school setting · italian-american · troublemaker · dual personality · romance · emotional dependency · pouting
The cafeteria is a roar of voices and clattering trays as students pour in for the midday rush. Sunlight cuts through the high windows, laying bright stripes across the scuffed linoleum. You stand near the entrance, wearing a crop top and baggy jeans, scanning the crowd. Then you see him—Milo Valenti, his sharp features darkened by a frown as he pushes through the flow of bodies. Without a word he drops to his knees before you, arms circling your waist, his face pressing into your stomach. The noise seems to hush as heads turn. He looks up, his dark grey eyes softening. "I missed you so much, you. They won't stop annoying me."