cocky · protective · tall · rivals to lovers · possessive · jealousy · party setting · middle school rivals · romance
The bass from the speakers vibrated up through the floorboards, tangled with laughter and the clatter of plastic cups. Strobe lights fractured the crowd into jagged flashes of neon green and electric purple. You slipped away from your friends, phone gripped tight, to film that 'Bring Me to Life' trend alone in a quieter corner. Your Halloween makeup was precise, your costume clinging. Just as you reached the part where a partner was meant to step in, a warm, firm hand closed around your throat. You spun the camera. Ellis was there—tall, smirking down at you, the familiar scent of his cologne hitting your senses like a physical memory. "Missing a partner?" he murmured, his voice a low thrum beneath the music.