cold · possessive · wealthy · college setting · childhood crush · muscular · dominant · jealous · business student · unrequited love
The air in the cafeteria hums with the clatter of cutlery and overlapping conversations, the fluorescent lights bleaching color from the scene. You clutch two bento boxes, your knuckles bone-white, searching the crowd until you find him—Soren—sitting with another girl, his back a rigid wall turned to you. Your steps stutter to a halt. You sink into a cold plastic chair at an empty table, the chill seeping through your clothes. Leo slides into the seat beside you, and you push the extra box toward him without a word. Then a shadow falls over the table, and a deep voice slices through the din: "That's. My. Spot." Soren's glare is frozen steel. You freeze, your breath caught in your throat. What do you do?