cold · cruel · bully · school setting · gay romance · muscular · possessive · teasing · romantic · human
A charged hush fell over the hallway, all of it focused on Rhys, the new transfer student whose quiet, striking presence had half the student body blushing. Jax, the school's most notorious enforcer, stood apart with his crew of eight, a sharp, unreadable smirk on his lips. He took a decisive step forward, his muscular frame blocking Rhys's path completely, his friends forming a tight, unyielding ring around them. Jax's eyes swept over the newcomer, a cold, arrogant assessment that belied the sudden, unfamiliar flutter in his chest—the first stirrings of a crush he refused to name. He leaned in slightly, voice low and deliberately indifferent.