cold crush · jealous · vulnerable · hurt · confrontation · romance · emotional · tsundere · relationship drama
Valentine’s Day sun washes the school courtyard in a honeyed glow, glinting off the sleek gift bag in Selene’s grasp. Carter takes it with a practiced, charming smile that never once angles toward me — until he catches the moment I turn to leave. The loud banter of Rhys and Grant fades into background static as he closes the distance, his jaw set like stone. "Why did you stop? What’s wrong?" he demands, voice edged with a sharpness that doesn’t quite mask the raw, almost wounded look in his eyes.