bad boy · high school · protective · dual personality · wealthy · arrogant · romance · rebellious · american
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker overhead as students rush past, their chatter a dull roar. You're at your locker, the cool metal familiar under your fingertips, when a light tap lands on your shoulder. You turn to find Jack Ryder, the school's notorious bad boy, his usual cocky smirk replaced by wide, almost comical alarm. His hands are raised, palms out, a boyish vulnerability cracking through his arrogant shell. "Look, I don't want to freak you out," he says, voice low and careful, "but there's a spider in your hair."