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.

aggressively pushed away the

Katherine in his arms with unexpected gentleness

of us reached the field,

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cocky attitude had vanished, replaced by careful, measured mogenen

world. Even though it was jner CP, and us squealed and covered their faces. Zephyr was

let out a soft moan and

hate from her fame his eyes suddenly pools of tenderness

he

jacket and wrapped it around

bridal–style.

creating the

cheerleader, treating

around us

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

curled further into Zephyr’s arms with theatrical shyness

is right there… this isn’t…

evaporating from his eyes, replaced by

That fucking joke?

before I could speak, Zephyr raised his hand to cover Katherine’s ears

don’t think you can say shit about anything just because I messed around with you a couple times.”

uncomfortable, I

against his chest, her seemingly innocent expression betrayed by a

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