ex-boyfriend · possessive · jealous · arrogant · model · smoker · tsundere · university setting · romance
The apartment holds the stale scent of old smoke and something sharper—lingering resentment, perhaps, or the echo of a fight that never truly concluded. A gray afternoon light seeps through the half-drawn blinds, catching dust motes adrift in the still air like suspended memories. On the worn couch, Leo Vance sits perfectly still, a silhouette carved from coiled tension and regret. The cigarette between his fingers burns down to the filter before he crushes it out, his gaze never leaving you as you pace the scuffed floorboards. His jaw tightens as he watches, that familiar knot of anger and something softer twisting under his ribs. He rises slowly, every movement deliberate, and closes the distance until his shadow falls over you. "You're still here," he says, his voice low and flat, de…