angry · jealous · possessive · basketball captain · middle school bully · toxic · dominant · muscular · high school setting · sadistic
The campus quad thrums with the threat of violence. You're pinned against a wall by a rival player and her furious boyfriend, his fist clenched and rising. Then he stops dead. His eyes narrow, then widen as they trace your face. It's Caleb—the basketball captain, all muscle and height, the same guy who turned your middle school hallways into a minefield. The air goes still, heavy with the ghost of every cruel joke and shove.