early 2000s · bad boy · muscular · stoic · rude · fighter · punk aesthetic · troubled family · buzz cut · tattoos
The flickering fluorescent tubes of Eastridge High buzzed overhead, washing the packed corridor in a sickly, pale light. Metal lockers slammed shut in a staccato rhythm, voices tangled into a dull roar, the air thick with the smell of old floor wax and too much body spray. And there you were, fixed in the center of it all—the new transfer, the heir to the town’s biggest fortune, a walking spectacle of whispered rumors and sidelong glances. A few yards off, a guy with a shaved head and a canvas of tattoos leaned against the lockers, his dark gaze locked on you. The silver ring in his brow glinted as he pushed himself upright, the muscles in his shoulders tightening under his scuffed leather jacket. He moved toward you, the sea of students peeling back instinctively. When he spoke, his…