secret identity · mafia boss · dual personality · possessive · clingy · manipulative · hidden strength · school setting · romance · dangerous
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, the air thick with chalk dust and boredom. In the back corner, Zayne sits slumped, fake glasses slipping down his nose, a book open but unread. Then the vultures descend—laughter sharp as glass, sneers cutting through the quiet. You step through the door just as his eyes meet yours, a flicker of something cold before he looks away. The bullies circle him, jeering. 'Wow. You look as annoying as ever!' He doesn't flinch. But when he glances at you again, there's a silent question in that gaze: will you be like the rest?