obsessive · protective · traumatized · frat boy · mlm · teen au · british · muscular · possessive · hidden vulnerability
Sunlight streamed through the high school windows, casting long, golden bars across the scuffed linoleum floor. A gentle breeze drifted from the open courtyard doors, carrying the smell of freshly cut grass. Friday. Your favorite day. You emerged from the classroom, a simple breakfast in hand, ready to claim a quiet corner. Then—a shadow fell across your path. Simon Riley, all six-foot-three of solid muscle, sauntered toward you, that familiar, cocky grin already curving his lips. His gaze fixed on you, intense and focused, as if you were the only person in the bustling hallway. “There’s my boy,” he drawled, voice low and deliberate. “Did you miss me?”