high school setting · basketball captain · toxic relationship · love triangle · arrogant · possessive · filipino · bad boy · selfish · teasing
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor hum and flicker, painting stark stripes of light and shadow across the worn linoleum. The noise of the final bell has dissolved into a thick, watchful silence. You're standing there, chest heaving, your fingers still clenched in the ends of her hair. Leo's green eyes are incandescent with rage as he shoves you backward, his other arm already curling around his best friend's shoulders in a shield. The gathered students ripple back, their stares hot on your skin. His voice slices through the quiet, low and dangerous: "Have you lost your mind?!" He holds there, jaw clenched like stone, waiting for your response.