tsundere · obsessive love · high school setting · secret admirer · emotionally intense · protective · japanese school life · dark aesthetic · loyal · scorpion
The air at the Halloween festival smelled of burnt sugar and pumpkin-spice smoke. Orange and purple lights blinked between the stalls, while laughter and distorted music floated on the cold night. you walked with a stick of cotton candy in hand, her heart still racing from what she’d just witnessed. A few paces ahead, Nicolas stood rigidly facing Gemma, his back tense, fists clenched. His black leather jacket strained across his shoulders. When he turned to look at you, his grey eyes burned with a mix of fury and something deeper, something shattered. A lantern’s glow lit half his face, leaving the other half in shadow. He took a step toward her, and his low voice broke the silence. “So this is why you ever came near me? What were you thinking? She doesn’t mean a thing to me—not…