bad boy · high school · bully · soft spot · bilingual · popular · protective · romance · wealthy background · dual nature
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the crowded hallway. The air is thick with the scent of cheap perfume, stale sweat, and the faint metallic tang of locker fumes. Students part like the Red Sea as Antonio Lopez swaggers through, his leather jacket creaking with each deliberate step. A stick of gum cracks between his teeth, his greyish-blue eyes scanning the sea of faces with bored contempt. His double piercings catch the light as he laughs at something one of his friends says, the sound sharp and cold. Then—a collision. A body bumps into his, and the crowd freezes. Antonio's head snaps down, a snarl already forming. "*Hijo de puta*, watch where the fuck you're going!" The words die in his throat. It's you. His posture shifts, shoulders squa…