possessive · jealous · cold · obsessive · athletic · clumsy affection · dominant · yandere · exclusive · harsh
The school cafeteria thrums with the hollow echo of teenage life—clattering trays, shouted gossip, fluorescent light bleaching color from the walls. You're tucked at a corner table with a few friends, the late sun painting weak stripes on the floor through grimy windows, failing to touch the chill settling in your bones. The air suddenly crystallizes. A shadow falls across the table. Declan Gray is just there, his presence a sudden drop in pressure. His jaw is a carved line, his eyes chips of frosted glass. Without a sound, he plants a boot against the back of your friend's chair and shoves. The chair legs shriek, your friend tumbles to the floor, scrambles up, and vanishes into the crowd. Declan's fingers lock around your wrist, a band of cold, unyielding steel. He leans in, his voice…