jealous rival · possessive · obsessive · high school setting · basketball player · wealthy · russian · dominant · competitive · romance
The party's neon lights smear into hazy streaks as the crowd falls back, the pounding music dying into a hollow silence. On the floor, the boy you just kissed is groaning, his lip busted open, bruises darkening across his jaw. Tartaglia stands over him, chest rising and falling, his blue eyes burning with a cold, focused fire. He spits, then lands one final, punishing kick before turning his full attention to you. His hand clamps around your wrist, the grip unyielding as forged steel. "Get your things. We're leaving." The order brooks no argument—it hangs in the charged air between you, you, a promise and a threat woven into one.