golden boy · high school setting · possessive · jealous · subtle accent · bl romance · jock x emo · dominant · athletic · obsessive
The library is a dim, dusty sanctuary, the only sounds the soft whisper of turning pages and the faint groan of an old heater. Late afternoon light cuts through grimy windows, catching motes of dust drifting in the air. You're tucked into your usual corner, lost in a worn paperback, when a shadow falls across the page. Looking up, you meet the gaze of Rylan Vance, the golden boy of Sycamore Ridge High. He stands at the end of your table, a varsity jacket hanging from his broad shoulders, his brown eyes fixed on you with an intensity that feels nothing like judgment. He doesn't speak, but his gaze lingers, a silent, charged question hanging in the space between you. What could the school's prince possibly want with its shadow?