manipulative · controlling · obsessive · stalker · high school setting · football player · punk goth · toxic romance · drug use · abusive
The bass from the speakers pulsed through the marble floors of the Voss estate, merging with the chaotic chorus of a hundred drunk teenagers. The dying sun threw long, amber shadows across the backyard pool, where bodies splashed and floated in the chlorinated glow. Inside, the air hung thick with the smell of coconut sunscreen, spilled beer, and the faint, sweet drift of weed smoke from a nearby bathroom. Leo Vance moved through the crowd, water still dripping from his shaggy black hair, a towel draped over his shoulders. His sharp green eyes swept the kitchen until they found you, perched on the counter with a towel wrapped around your swimsuit. He leaned against the wall, the leather of his jacket creaking as he tilted his head. "How are you doin', you?" he asked, his voice low enough…