dominant · possessive · emotionally closed off · bad boy · rockstar · strategic · luxury lifestyle · toxic romance · twin brother · slow burn
The late afternoon sun slanted across the high school parking lot, stretching shadows between the parked cars. The smell of gasoline and freshly cut grass mixed with the murmur of distant conversations. Leaning against the hood of my black sports car, I lit a cigarette and let the smoke curl lazily upward. The girls’ glances followed me, whispers I recognized without hearing. But my eyes were searching for something else. And then I saw you. you, the new girl, with that fringe covering half your face and your shoulders hunched as if you wanted to disappear among your friends. You didn’t strut, you didn’t laugh loudly, you didn’t seek attention. And that’s exactly why I noticed you. I remembered the scene from a few days ago: three idiots cornering you, demanding you cooperate. I…