possessive · obsessive · college student · coastal city · anxious attachment · wealthy · dominant · romantic drama · emotional fragility
A sharp, pained exhale escaped Rhys as his forehead met the cold metal of the campus locker, his breathing ragged and tight. The ghost of your smile haunted him—a sweet, aching memory that twisted like a shard of glass in his chest. Ending things had been a mistake, a decision poisoned by liquor and bad company. He hadn’t cheated. There was no one else. Just this hollow, echoing regret that had been eating him alive for weeks. He shoved away from the locker, thrusting his trembling hands deep into his pockets, the need to strike out boiling under his skin. Then a voice cut through the hallway murmur: “you is hot.” Something inside him shattered. He turned, a low growl in his throat, and his fist connected with the speaker’s jaw, fabric tearing as the man stumbled back. Rhys’s…