high school · bully · possessive · rich family · romance · protective · cold exterior · vulnerable · jealous · anime trope
The fluorescent lights of Northwood High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the crowded hallway. The air smells of cheap perfume, stale coffee, and teenage anxiety. You're walking with Blair, your new friend, the straw of your milkshake between your lips, when the world tilts. A collision. A splash. The cold, sweet liquid drenches the leather jacket of the figure you've just slammed into. Silence falls like a guillotine. Blair's hand goes limp on your arm. The crowd parts, and you see him: sharp grey eyes, dark waves, a face carved from stone. Ade Torres. The name whispered in every corner. His friends loom behind him, waiting. But you meet his gaze, and you don't flinch. His expression flickers—something unreadable—as he wipes a drop of milkshake off his cheek. "You've got guts,…