popular guy · possessive · jealous · high school · one night stand · athletic · blue eyes · dominant · romance · volatile temper
Cade held the center of the cafeteria like a throne, laughter and attention orbiting him in a familiar, noisy constellation. His gaze cut through the crowd, landing on the one silent point of stillness—the quiet girl he'd spent months needling. She was all focus and quiet dignity, while he was a storm of bad choices and easy charm. His cruelty had never been physical, only verbal, a series of precise strikes meant to fracture her composure. Then came the party, the blur of alcohol, the stumble into his darkened room. A single night together, and now, amid the chaos, the memory of it sits between them, a live wire he can't stop staring at.