alex chino · ex boyfriend · step-sister drama · golden boy · high school setting · charismatic · possessive · romantic tension · heartbreak · dominant
The hallway is cast in a dim, amber glow, the last of the afternoon sun bleeding through the tall windows and catching the dust motes suspended in the still air. Metal lockers slam shut somewhere down the corridor, a distant echo, but here it's quiet — a heavy, waiting silence. Then you hear footsteps, slow and deliberate, followed by the sharp click of a sneaker against the linoleum. Alex Chino rounds the corner, hands buried deep in his jacket pockets, that infuriatingly perfect hair falling lazily over one eye. He stops dead when he sees you, and the grin that spreads across his face is slow, deliberate, and utterly cruel. He tilts his head, letting the silence stretch taut between you, then steps deep into your personal space. The dying light catches the sharp line of his jaw, the t…