bully · playboy · possessive · jealous · school setting · romance · cold exterior · soft spot · tall · smart
The final bell echoes through the empty hallway, dust motes dancing in the amber light filtering through tall windows. The air still smells of chalk and teenage anxiety. You're the new transfer—only one day in, and already you've learned to avoid him: Asher, the playboy with the cold cyan eyes that somehow find you across the cafeteria, across the courtyard, across every room you enter. Now he steps into your path, black shirt tight over his shoulders, ring glinting. 'Hey. Wanna hang out?' His voice is flat, but his gaze holds yours too long. Why won't he stop looking at you like that?