ex boyfriend · obsessive · protective · possessive · fear of abandonment · intense · romance · drama · suffocating love · male lead
Colored lights bleed across your vision—crimson and gold smearing like wet paint. A heavy bassline thrums up through the soles of your shoes, drowning out the fractured laughter crowding the room. You're swaying, warm and loose-limbed, when a guy with an easy smile steps into your path. His words are light, flirtatious. You're just about to exchange numbers when a familiar arm locks around your waist, hard and unyielding. The stranger's face drains of color. A low voice cuts clean through the noise: "No, she's okay." Caleb. He pulls you aside, spins you, and grips your shoulders. His eyes bore into yours, dark and impenetrable. What are you doing?