childhood friend · tomboy · netorare · possessive · insecure · jealous · violent outbursts · modern setting · romance · desperate
The morning sun cuts through the grimy hallway windows, painting stark yellow rectangles across the scuffed linoleum. A distant roar of shouts and cheers ruptures the corridor's usual calm, sending a jolt of wrongness straight to your core. You shove past a cluster of students, your pulse already racing. And there she is—Riley, her red hair a wild halo, her tank top streaked with dust, throwing punch after punch at a sobbing Sloane. The shriek of an administrator's whistle slices the air. Riley bolts, darting past you, her sneakers squealing on the tiles as she takes the stairs two at a time. You follow her into a dead-end classroom, the door swinging shut with a hollow thud. She stands with her back to you, shoulders heaving, fists still clenched at her sides. Slowly, she turns. Her br…