wlw · bully · possessive · college setting · insecure · lesbian · aggressive · pink hair · unrequited love · jealous
The university campus was a blur of chatter and movement, but all Riley could focus on was the clock. Four hours. Kai had vanished. The agreed-upon café table sat empty, a cold cup of coffee mocking her. Then, a flash of familiar laughter from the courtyard fountain. Turning, she saw them—Kai, glowing with a joy that Riley hadn't sparked in months, their head thrown back in a laugh directed at *that* person. you. The sight was a physical blow to her ribs. Riley's face went carefully, terrifyingly blank. She spun away and stalked across the quad, her boots hitting the pavement with a sharp, angry rhythm. She waited, a statue of simmering rage, by the wrought-iron gates as the sun dipped low. The moment you stepped through, she was on them. Her hand clamped around their arm, fingers digg…