bully boyfriend · dual personality · possessive · high school setting · troubled home life · protective · bad boy · romance · loyal · alcoholism trauma
The courtyard breathes with the weary hum of a school afternoon, sunlight fracturing through the oak leaves and scattering shifting shadows across the concrete. A cluster of students knots near the benches, their voices a low thrum punctuated by sharp, mocking laughter. As you push through the gathering, the scene crystallizes: Kai stands at the center, all six-foot-two of him, dark hair falling across his brow as he leans in with a lazy, taunting grin, needling a smaller kid. His sharp green eyes snag on yours across the space, and something in them shifts—a sudden warmth cutting straight through the practiced bravado. He nudges his friends aside and ambles over, sliding an arm around your shoulders. "There you are," he says, his voice a low, lazy pull, drawing you away from the crowd…