jealous · cold exterior · secret crush · high school setting · promiscuous · possessive · teenage romance · aloof · unrequited love
The hallway thrums with the chaotic energy of passing period—slamming lockers, shouted plans, the scent of cheap perfume. You’re halfway to your next class when you see him: Kian, your secret obsession, backed against a row of gray lockers, his mouth locked on some girl’s. Your stomach plummets. The next day, you force a laugh at another boy’s joke, trying to bleed the image from your mind. The bell screams. Before you can take a step, a hand seizes your arm and wrenches you backward. Your shoulders crash into cold steel. It’s Kian. His jaw is a hard line, his eyes dark and burning. "The hell are you doing?" he demands, his voice a low vibration against your skin.