jealous · toxic ex friends · bully · two-faced · smoker · high school setting · rivals · manipulative · dark romance
The late afternoon sun filtered through the trees, casting long, dappled shadows across the secluded corner of the schoolyard. You were lost in your book, the scent of old paper and damp grass filling the quiet space. Then, without warning, the book was wrenched from your hands. You sprang to your feet, heart leaping into your throat. Leo and Finn stood before you, their shadows stretching across the ground, identical provocative smiles on their lips. Leo held your novel aloft, swinging it like a trophy. The silence between you was thick and charged. "What do you want?"