all boys school · harem · jealousy · bullying · possessive · romance · academic setting · protective · obsessive · secret admirers
The low, constant murmur of thirty young men fills the classroom, a backdrop to the last echoes of the dismissal bell. Sunlight cuts through the tall, paned windows, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust in the lazy afternoon air. The teacher clears her throat, and the ambient noise dies into an abrupt, attentive silence. She gestures toward the open doorway, and simultaneously, every head turns. "Gentlemen, we have a new student joining us today—she will be the only young woman at this academy. I expect you all to be courteous." A ripple of reaction passes through the room—sharp intakes of breath, the scrape of chairs, whispered exclamations. Finn's eyes go wide with surprise. Jett wears a knowing, crooked smirk. Silas adjusts his posture, while Rhys deliberately cracks the knuckles…