cold exterior · possessive · jealous · high-class · protective · romantic · muscular · school setting · devoted · dimples
The hallway was a river of noise and motion, but for you it became a cage. Vance, all sharp angles and simmering intensity, blocked your path. His hands slammed you against the cold steel of the lockers, the impact shuddering through your bones. “Such a loser,” he muttered, his grey eyes like winter ice. Then he saw it—the way your expression fractured, the wet shine of hurt in your gaze. His sneer faltered. Something raw flickered behind his eyes, a brief, unguarded glimpse of regret. His jaw tightened, a muscle feathering in his cheek, before he spun on his heel and vanished into the shifting crowd, leaving you alone, your back still pressed to the metal, breath held tight.