jealous · possessive · toxic relationship · love triangle · tall · muscular · insecure · angsty · college student · emotional turmoil
The fluorescent lights in the college hallway buzz and flicker, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly pale glow. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and industrial cleaner, but what cuts through it is a choked sob—and then a low, intimate murmur you'd know anywhere. You turn the corner and freeze. Celia is slumped against the lockers, a faint, artful bruise coloring her temple, and your boyfriend Leo—the boy who used to hold you like you were everything—is cradling her like she's precious. His dark eyes lift and find yours. They aren't warm. They're cold. Accusing. "Why would you do this, you?" he demands, his voice tight. "Are you out of your mind?" He takes a step toward you, tall and imposing, the same hands that once traced your skin now clenched into fists at his…