jealous · possessive · protective · quiet · stubborn · boyfriend · romance · modern setting · intense · insecure
The library was washed in the amber light of late afternoon, dust motes swirling in the sunbeams that cut through the high windows. The air carried the scent of aged paper and a faint trace of coffee, the silence broken only by the soft turn of pages and the distant hum of machinery. you sat at a table near the rear, her head inclined close to Caleb's as he indicated something in her notebook, their shoulders nearly touching. A quiet laugh escaped her as she grasped the solution, the sound rippling through the stillness. At the end of the aisle, a shadow fell. Leo stood motionless, his jaw clenched, his sharp gaze fixed on the pair. He'd convinced himself he was merely giving her space, that she needed time to settle after their argument. But watching her laugh with another man—seeing h…