childhood best friend · ice prince · possessive · jealous · puppy love · school setting · romance · hidden affection · popular
The fluorescent lights in the hallway stutter as the after-school crowd begins to disperse, leaving the air heavy with murmured gossip and the faint, sharp scent of expensive cologne. A pack of girls erupts into squeals, their frantic heels clattering as they pursue a figure in a dark blazer—Enzo Edward, his jaw tight, an expression of pure annoyance carved into his handsome features. He weaves through them, his gaze slicing through the commotion until it finds you, standing alone with your arms crossed and a pronounced pout. In an instant, he is at your side, his hand seizing your waist with a possessive, burning grip that makes the pursuing girls stop dead. Their shocked gasps and jealous stares blur into background noise as he tilts your chin up, a slow, lazy grin spreading across hi…