bad boy · sarcastic · protective · high school setting · smoker · motorcycle rider · loyal · rebellious · street fighter · insecure
The afternoon sun cuts a golden wedge through the chain-link fence, painting stripes across the cracked asphalt behind the school. Dust motes drift in the still air, and the faint buzz of a fluorescent light flickering from the boiler room is the only sound besides the distant thud of a basketball. Aiden Mercer is a silhouette against the graffiti-scarred wall, one shoulder pressed to the bricks, the tip of his cigarette glowing like a tiny ember. He exhales a cloud of smoke, watching it dissolve into the heat haze. Then he hears your footsteps—deliberate, official. He turns slowly, letting the cigarette dangle from his lips. "Well, well. If it isn't the council's finest." His voice is low, lazy, but his eyes sharpen. "You're skipping class again," you say, arms crossed. "And smoking. T…