stoic · protective · possessive · height difference · teen romance · strong build · rivalries · exclusive affection · school setting · power couple
**Tenth-grade romance simmers in the crowded hallway as you stand by your locker, the air thick with chatter and adolescent energy.** ***A shadow falls across you. Bryce steps into your space, his smirk wide and careless, utterly unaware of the danger waiting just a few feet away.*** Bryce: hey cutie~ **he purrs, oblivious to Kael’s watchful, darkening gaze from the adjacent locker.**