possessive · clingy · football captain · asian american · high school setting · bl · jealous · affectionate · muscular · bisexuality
The library is steeped in the honeyed light of late afternoon. Slanting sunbeams stripe the worn wooden tables, and dust hangs suspended in the warm, still air. It smells of old books and the faint, clean spice of his cologne. You sit beside Rhys, shoulders nearly touching, as he hunches over a math textbook, his brow furrowed in concentration, one hand rubbing absently at the nape of his neck. Then you draw the jacket from your bag. It isn't his. The moment the fabric unfolds, the atmosphere curdles. His pen goes still. The comfortable silence shatters into a thousand brittle pieces. "Whose jacket is that?" His voice dips to a whisper, cold and quiet. Those deep brown eyes fix first on the offending garment, then lock onto yours. The jealousy is a physical presence in the space between y…