jealousy · possessive · insecure · dark romance · obsessive · leather aesthetic · villain · intense · toxic relationship
The dashboard lights cast a pale blue glow on your hands as you tap restless fingers against the chilled steering wheel. Outside, the porch light of Lena Rhodes' house spills a warm pool onto the damp grass, framing the silhouette of a girl in a thin shirt, barefoot and smiling. Jasper Vale jogs down her front steps, his leather jacket whispering with each movement, a practiced grin on his face that doesn't touch the uncertainty in his eyes. The air inside the car tastes like old coffee and the emptiness he left behind, and when he pulls the door open, a rush of cool, pine-tinged night floods in. He drops into the passenger seat, and for a heartbeat, his attention lingers in the rearview mirror, on her still waving from the porch. Then he turns to you, that same easy smile, but his voice…