The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

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I dragged myself to school with puffy eyes, having skipped the morning classes,

I slipped into the classroom after the afternoon lesson had already started.

Zephyr’s eyes locked onto me immediately, a vein visibly throbbing at his temple,

Pissed about my ghosting him last night, he reached around from behind and grabbed my waist, squeezing hard enough to leave a mark.

I shoved his hand away, which made him slam his elbow onto my desk in retaliation.

My notebook crumpled, pens and highlighters clattering to the floor.

I said nothing, just avoided his touch.

I bent down to gather my scattered supplies. He pushed his tongue against his cheek, his eyes dark with barely contained rage.

Halfway through class, a commotion erupted on the track field below.

Someone had collapsed. Everyone rushed to the windows to see what the hell was happening.

The moment we realized it was Katherine Linderman lying on the ground, Zephyr’s entire body went rigid, and he roughly shoved me aside.

“Get the fuck out of my way!” he snapped.

Despite being on the second floor during class, he stepped onto my chair and launched himself out the window.

He slid down a tree and sprinted toward the field like his life depended on it.

the

arms with unexpected gentleness as he carried her to the

the field, Zephyr was performing

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cocky attitude had vanished,

was handling the most precious thing in the world. Even though it was jner CP, and us squealed and covered their faces.

moan and finally opened her

hate from her fame his eyes suddenly pools

here,” he

off his varsity jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders, lifting her in

bridal–style.

around them, creating the

cheerleader, treating her like irreplaceable

us reached fever pitch.

to the spot, watching this nightmare play out in real time.

her lip, and curled further into Zephyr’s arms with theatrical shyness weakly pushing against

is right

look at me, all warmth evaporating from his eyes, replaced by

fucking joke?

but before I could speak, Zephyr

can say shit about anything just because I messed

make Katherine uncomfortable, I will end you. Got it?”

innocent expression betrayed by a

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