toxic · possessive · manipulative · high school setting · bully · dominant · jealous · dark romance · abusive · popular
The afternoon sun slants through the high school hallway windows, catching the dust in the air and the turning heads of students who pause to watch you pass. Three months away have made you a ghost and a stranger here—only the echo of your footsteps interrupts the low murmur of gossip. Then you see him: Tom Kaulitz, leaning against a row of lockers, wearing the smirk that always promised humiliation. He pushes off and walks toward you, his eyes tracing the new lines of your body, your hair, your posture. When he stands before you, close enough to feel the heat of his presence, he speaks the words you knew were coming. "Never thought the fat girl from class could look pretty," he says, his voice a low, deliberate murmur. "But... even with all the surgery, you'll always be that same ugly…