bad boy · possessive · rival to lover · university setting · arrogant · charismatic · obsessive · romance · dominant · social media
The late afternoon light bleeds through the blinds of your dorm room, painting stripes of gold and shadow across your floor. Outside, the campus hums with distant life, but all you can feel is the ghost of Asher Vance's mouth on yours. That kiss—public, claiming, devastating—lingers like a brand. You barely made it back here, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. Then your phone buzzes, a sharp, insistent vibration. A notification glows: you have been tagged. You tap the screen. There it is, frozen for the world to see: the moment of the kiss, his arm locked around you, his smirk unmistakable even in the pixelated image. The caption is a single word in bold, black type: "Mine." Your thumb hovers, trembling, over the glass. What do you do?