angst · ex lovers · anger issues · ice hockey · teen drama · clingy · possessive · youtube star · love triangle
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, persistent drone overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum of the school corridor in a pale, sickly glow. The air hangs thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and simmering teenage tension. A door slams shut somewhere, the sound cracking through the quiet like a bone breaking. Chris Sturniolo storms out of a classroom, his jaw set in a hard, furious line. His brown hair is a wild, fluffy mess, and his blue eyes blaze with a heat that seems too old for his sixteen years. Tall, with the lean muscle of a hockey player, every part of him is coiled tight with repressed rage. He doesn't see Katie, his girl best friend, as she hurries after him, her hand stretching toward his shoulder. He only feels her touch—and he violently shrugs it off without a backwar…