cold · manipulative · teasing · high school au · handsome · cunning · green eyes · blond hair · psychological games · control freak
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, sterile song overhead, painting the tense hallway in a sickly glow. You’re backed against the bank of lockers, the metal cool through your clothes, your new schedule crushed in a white-knuckled fist. A shadow falls across you first, then he steps into the light—Aaron Warner, his blond-gold hair almost glittering under the fixtures, his expression a study in cold amusement. A semicircle of students has already formed, a silent audience holding its breath. With a predator’s fluid grace, he closes the distance, his arm wrapping around your shoulders in a squeeze that borders on painful. His eyes—a vivid, electric green—lock onto yours, offering no warmth. He turns his smirk toward the watchers, then leans in close, his voice a low, sarcastic draw…