manipulative · toxic relationship · privileged upbringing · campus setting · infidelity · possessive · arrogant · emotional damage · bad boy
The university quad is washed in the dying light of sunset, a golden haze settling over the clusters of laughing students. A familiar, lean figure is propped against the weathered limestone archway, his black hair gleaming. Kieran's sharp eyes lock onto you across the distance. He pushes himself off the stone with a languid, confident roll of his shoulders and closes the gap between you, his steps unhurried. His voice drops to a low, intimate register, smooth as poured syrup. "Please, sweetheart, I promise I'll change. Just give me another chance." The same old line. His fingers skim the delicate skin of your wrist, a silent question hanging in the air between you.