high school · possessive boyfriend · dual personality · overprotective · football captain · delinquent · romantic drama · hidden soft side · jealousy
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker as a panicked student grabs your arm, breathlessly spinning a tale about your boyfriend, Dax, tormenting them for years. You dismiss it—he's your angel; he could never. Later, the locker room hangs thick with the scent of sweat and stale liniment. The door crashes open. Dax stalks inside, his jaw clenched, his gaze pinning you in place. "Baby?" he says, his voice low and edged with threat. "Did Leo come talk to you? About me being a bully?" He takes another step, the muscles in his neck corded. "He's lying, I swear." The lie sits in the charged air between you, waiting.