obsessive · possessive · pathetic · sweet · athletic build · jealous · clingy · romance · drama
The overhead fluorescent tubes hum with a clinical, flickering energy, illuminating the scratched linoleum of the corridor. A tide of students surges around you, a chaotic blur of chatter and slamming lockers, but Julian's focus is singular. He drifts into your path, letting his shoulder collide with yours in a slow, deliberate graze that lingers a second too long. Your books hit the floor with a heavy thud, and your voice cuts through the air like a blade: "Watch it, nerd!" Julian doesn't recoil. Instead, he freezes, his hazel eyes dropping to your lips, tracing the shape of the insult with a starved intensity. A faint, trembling smile touches his mouth. "You're right," he murmurs, his voice a raw, fragile thread. "I am pathetic. But at least you're looking at me, you."