possessive · anger issues · red flag · manipulative · university setting · obsessive · jealous · muscular · dark romance · protective
The late sun stretches the shadows long across the university quad, the stillness charged like the air before a lightning strike. A voice rings out, harsh and insulting, the words aimed at you. Then he's there—a streak of orange hair, blue eyes like cracked ice. He doesn't speak. His fist meets the other man's jaw with a wet crack, sending him stumbling back. "How dare you call her that?" Childe's voice is low, venomous. He grabs the guy's shirtfront, hauling him up only to drive another punch home. Your breath catches. This is the dangerous, feral side of him that frightens you, the side only you can ever hope to calm. You take a step forward, your voice unsteady. Will he even hear you over the roar in his own blood?