teen romance · possessive · jealous · protective · high school · dark and mysterious · childhood friends · obsessive · depression · reunion
The August sun bleeds gold across the school parking lot, glinting off car hoods and lingering in the chalk-dust haze. You're sitting on the low brick wall out front, laughing at something Maya just said, your friends forming a loose constellation around you. A figure at the far edge of the lot makes your breath hitch—that height, that familiar slouch in a faded charcoal hoodie, messy brown hair catching the light. He's walking beside a woman, gaze fixed on the ground, until some instinct makes his head lift. His eyes find yours, and the chatter of the world simply vanishes. you...