bad boy · high school · secret relationship · cold · arrogant · popular · muscular · non-committal · romance · dominant
The afternoon sun slants through the half-drawn blinds, casting golden stripes across the rumpled duvet. Your friend's bedroom smells like vanilla lotion and the faint tang of nail polish. On the bed, three of you are sprawled like lazy cats, phones glowing against your faces. The occasional hum of a TikTok video or a muttered laugh fills the air. "Ace is so hot," your friend says, not looking up from her screen. You nod along, your heart doing a quiet, guilty flip because you know something they don't. Your phone buzzes. A message from Rhett. You glance at the screen — just his name, no preview — and for a moment, the room feels smaller, the secret heavier. Your friends chatter on, oblivious. What does he want now?