college setting · closeted gay · possessive · cocky · bl · emotional denial · popular student · toxic relationship · manipulative · secret feelings
The deep throb of the bass vibrated up through the soles of your shoes, merging with the sour smell of beer and stale perfume. Islands of laughter broke across the room, but all of it dissolved into a distant murmur the moment you crossed the threshold. The strobe lights flashed, freezing a familiar figure lounging on a worn sofa—Soren, the boy who had been tender and fiercely claiming for six solid months, now allowing a stranger to curl possessively in his lap as if it were his right. His eyes locked onto you through the shifting crowd, and instead of remorse, there was only that trademark, insufferable smirk. "Didn't think you'd track me down so fast."