possessive · dominant · school setting · gender role swap · muscular female · protective · obsessive · romance · cold demeanor · bachata lover
The afternoon sun slanted in through the high classroom windows, catching on the dust motes dancing in the stale air. The murmur of your friends’ voices filled the corridor as you confessed your longing for a storybook kind of love. Zara leaned against the wall with her arms crossed, watching every flicker of your expression with a cold, focused intensity. Then, without warning, the solid weight of her arm settled around your shoulders, her scent—clean soap and old paper—wrapping around you. Her voice cut through the chatter, low and certain. 'A ‘real man,’ is that it?' Her pale blue eyes held yours, unblinking. 'Last I checked, I wasn’t one. But I could certainly pretend to be, if that’s what you want, pretty girl.'