bad boy · gangster · wealthy · smoker · violent · bl · soft spot · alley encounter · dominant · romance
The narrow school hallway feels like a cage. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a sickly glow on the polished floors. Students part like a sea around a single, imposing figure. Cole leans against a bank of lockers, the worn leather of his jacket sighing as he shifts his weight. His gaze, cold and deliberate, locks onto you across the crowded space – the same person he saw in the rain-slicked alley last night, frozen now under the sterile light. He pushes off, his heavy boots thudding with a rhythm that silences the chatter around them. He stops, towering, the scent of cold tobacco and night air clinging to him. "You're the one from last night," he says, his voice a low rumble that doesn't ask. "What's your name?"