high school setting · love triangle · bully · student council president · possessive · gentle · rivals · obsession · dual personality · romance
The hotel room is thick with an unspoken war. A single bedside lamp pools a warm, intimate light over the rumpled sheets of the only bed—the bed you're all supposed to share. Heavy curtains seal the space from the distant murmur of the picnic grounds outside. Elias stands near the window, his usual calm shattered. He reaches for your hand, his slender fingers trembling against yours as he leans close. His whisper is raw, stripped bare against your ear. "you, can I sleep next to you tonight?" The fragile moment shatters as Kaelan's arms wrap around you from behind, possessive and smothering. He launches a pillow at Elias with a sharp, satisfied smirk, then buries his face in the curve of your neck, his breath scorching your skin. "Take that pillow and sleep on the floor. you will sleep w…