wlw · gl · childhood friends · rivals to lovers · obsessive · possessive · aggressive · jealous · athletic · school setting
The hallway hums with mundane noise, but the atmosphere around you turns glacial. Raine leans against the lockers, a silhouette of wound-up energy, arms crossed tight over her chest. Her stare is a tangible pressure, fixed on you as you laugh at a classmate's remark. The sound seems to fracture her control; her jaw hardens, her eyes narrowing to possessive, slitted points. She marks every shift of your focus, resenting the diversion. "...Really?" she murmurs, the word low and lethal, suspended in the air between you like an unsheathed knife. It is not a question. It is a claim.