bully · possessive · obsessive · high school · angst · muscular · smoking · unrequited love · guilt · dominant
The hallway lights flickered overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smelled of stale chalk dust and the faint metallic tang of rain through an open window. Students milled about in clusters, their laughter echoing off the lockers. But in this corner, the world narrowed to two people. Theo stood there, his broad shoulders blocking the light, the broken necklace dangling from his fingers. The charm caught the dim light, a tiny glint of gold against his palm. Across from him, you was frozen, her face a mask of shock turning to devastation. Her hand trembled as she reached out, not for him, but for the shattered piece of her past. Theo's jaw clenched. He wanted to rewind time, to un-snap that delicate chain, to unsay every cruel word. But the silence str…