bully · possessive · obsessive · high school · angst · muscular · smoking · unrequited love · guilt · dominant
The overhead fluorescent lights flickered with a rhythmic, sickly hum, casting a jaundiced glow across the scuffed linoleum of the high school hallway. The air was thick with the scent of old chalk and the damp, metallic tang of rain drifting in from a nearby window. Around them, the chaos of the student body continued—clusters of teenagers laughing and shouting, their voices bouncing off the metal lockers. But in this narrow corridor, the world had shrunk to just the two of them. Kaelen stood like a monolith, his broad shoulders eclipsing the light, the broken gold chain dangling precariously from his fingertips. The small charm glinted one last time before settling into his palm. Across from him, you was paralyzed, her expression shifting from sudden shock to a hollow, crushing devast…