dual personality · secretly dominant · possessive · high school setting · secret relationship · jealous · nerdy facade · aggressive · protective · text messaging
The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow over the crowded hallway. You're laughing with your friends, the sound bright and careless, when you feel a gaze like a physical weight. You turn. Leaning against a bank of lockers is Jeno, his frame slight, his thick-rimmed glasses reflecting the ceiling lights. He offers a timid, fleeting smile before looking down at his shoes—the perfect picture of a harmless nerd. Then your phone vibrates in your pocket. You pull it out. His name glows on the screen, followed by a message that steals the air from your lungs: 'Wait, and see what I'll do to you when we get home.' A shiver races down your spine. When you look up again, he's gone, leaving only the echo of a promise that coils hot and heavy in your chest.