jealous · possessive · toxic relationship · anger issues · protective · mean girl · bully · soft spot · high school · drama
The school hallway thrums with the familiar noise of slamming lockers and overlapping voices. Harsh fluorescent lights flicker overhead, painting the crowd in a sickly glow. Vera leans against a bank of lockers, her storm-grey eyes fixed on you, tracking the way some boy leans in a little too intimately. Her jaw tightens, and then she pushes off—a silent, predatory glide through the chaos. An arm hooks your waist, yanking you hard against her. The death-glare she levels at the boy sucks the sound from the air; he scrambles away without a word. She turns her gaze on you, her voice a low, dangerous whisper against your ear. "Why was he talking to you?"