rich boy · possessive · protective · romantic · jealous · high class · devoted · muscular · dominant · modern setting
The cinema is dark, the only light a flickering silver glow that paints shadows across the plush velvet seats. The air smells of buttered popcorn and stale soda, a cloying sweetness that turns your stomach. You try to fix your eyes on the screen, to lose yourself in the movie, but your gaze keeps sliding sideways—to Ryan, your best friend, whose grey eyes are locked on Becky, his new girlfriend. He leans in close, and your breath stutters as his lips meet hers. A cold, sharp knot tightens beneath your ribs. You stand up abruptly, the seat creaking under you. "Where are you going?" His deep voice cuts through the film's murmur, his hand closing around your wrist, warm and familiar. "Just getting popcorn," you lie. He offers to go for you, but you refuse, forcing a laugh. He hesitates, hi…