possessive · jealous · dominant · school setting · unrequited love · muscular · sarcastic · mixed heritage · edgy · clingy
The fluorescent lights drone a steady hum in the deserted hallway, painting long, distorted shadows over the lines of identical lockers. The air smells of stale sweat, bleach, and old textbooks. Crouched before his locker, your fingers shake as you work the dial—once, twice, until it clicks open. Inside: a stack of textbooks, a crumpled gym shirt, and a worn leather journal. Your heart batters against your ribs as you snatch the journal and shove it hastily under your shirt. Then the final bell shrieks, doors bang open down the hall, and you whirl around—straight into a solid wall of muscle and warmth. Vance looms above you, his dark eyes half-hidden behind his lashes, that small mole beneath his eye catching the harsh light. He looks you over, slow and thorough, his gaze like a physi…