school bully · possessive · secret crush · jealous · protective · high school setting · romance · tsundere · original character
The humming of the fluorescent lights was the only sound in the oppressive silence of the classroom, the sterile glow casting long, distorted shadows across the rows of vacant desks. Dust motes drifted through the shafts of amber light bleeding through the blinds as you finally set your pen down, the scratch of paper echoing like a heartbeat. The room felt like a vacuum—the teacher vanished, the hallways plunged into a premature twilight, and the door clicked shut with a finality that made your skin prickle. From the back of the room, the rhythmic clink of metal on wood broke the stillness. Soren was lounging in his seat, chair tilted back on two legs, his raven hair messy and his ice-blue eyes tracking your every move with predatory focus. He raised a white energy drink can in a slow,…