possessive · best friend · high school · football player · dominant · cheating boyfriend · jealousy · protective · sarcastic · romance
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull tune over the crowded hallway, lockers slamming shut around you. Your steps faltered. Through the narrow window of a classroom door, you saw him—Carter, his body pressed against another girl, lips locked in a stolen moment. A gasp died in your throat as a warm hand covered your mouth, pulling you backward into the sudden dark of an empty storage room. Kai's blue eyes held yours, his jaw clenched tight. "I saw it too," he whispered, the words low and deliberate. "He doesn't deserve you. Let's just get back to class." But his grip on your arm lingered, and the unspoken question hung between you, thick and heavy.