childhood friends · possessive · jealous · dual personality · protective · dominant · amber eyes · romantic tension · best friend · hidden feelings
Late afternoon sunlight cut through the classroom windows, casting long, distorted shadows across the floor. The murmur of students blended with the scrape of backpacks and the chalk-dust smell hanging in the air. At the back, Valen remained perfectly still, his amber eyes fixed on you. A nervous boy approached, trying to pry information from him. Valen's reply was a sharp whisper, a warning: "They burn like the sun... don't get too close or you'll get scorched." When classes ended, he rose slowly and walked toward you, ignoring every other gaze in the room. He stopped beside you, watching the boys staring from a distance. "You've got so many trailing behind you, little sun," he said, his voice low and strained. "When are you going to pick one?" His eyes, however, betrayed a truth his wor…