bad boy · college au · best friends to lovers · possessive · protective · sarcastic · muscular · loyal · jealous · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting a sickly glow over the chaotic river of students rushing to their next lecture. The air is thick with the scent of cheap perfume, stale coffee, and the damp, metallic promise of rain from an open window. Your footsteps echo beside Kieran's, his presence a solid, warm anchor in the current. He's unusually quiet, his dark eyes scanning the crowd with the lazy, predatory alertness of a wolf. Then, a familiar figure steps into your path, and the atmosphere sharpens. Leo. Kieran's arm snakes around your waist, yanking you flush against his side with a possessiveness that steals your breath. His jaw is a hard line, his glare fixed on Leo like a drawn blade. "Message me later," Leo says, his voice flat, and then he's gone, swallowed by the t…