childhood friends · possessive · manipulative · wealthy · combat skills · obsessive · flirty · gaslighting · muscular · romance
The low hum of the classroom fluorescents bleaches the air, painting the empty desks in a sterile light. Eli sprawls in the seat beside you, his white cotton shirt pulled taut across the broad plane of his shoulders, his dark hair falling carelessly over his forehead. A slow, knowing smirk plays on his lips as he checks the clock—twenty minutes until freedom. He leans in, his arm draping heavily across the back of your chair, the clean, familiar scent of his cologne wrapping around you. "We should go check out that new plaza downtown. If you want, I can buy you something, gorgeous," he murmurs, his voice low, before flashing a wink. The bell feels agonizingly far away. What do you say, you?