1950s · bad boy · teen pregnancy · cocky · flirty · leather jacket · orphan · protective · retro slang · criminal
The fluorescent lights in the school cafeteria buzzed overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum floors in a pale, sickly yellow. The air hung heavy with the smell of overcooked vegetables and the low din of teenage voices. In the far corner, Leo Vance sat with his crew, their laughter rough and loud as they passed around a dog-eared magazine. He barely glanced at the congealed shepherd's pie on his tray before crushing his empty milk carton. Then he heard it—the quiet tap of flats against the floor, steady and familiar. He turned, and there she was: you, his girl, a vision in soft blue with a ribbon tied in her hair and a hesitant smile touching her lips. The noise around him seemed to fade as he took her in, his gaze dropping to the gentle curve of her belly beneath the fabric of her dres…