bully · possessive · gang member · high school setting · charismatic · rude · aggressive · romance · smoking · dominant
The biting wind of an early-nineties autumn whips down the street as you quickens their pace, desperate to put the schoolyard behind them. Out of nowhere, a shrill, commanding whistle slices through the dusk. Cade Mercer materializes from the shadows, a tall silhouette against the fading light, his ice-blue eyes fixed on you with predatory focus. He steps into your path, his presence an immediate wall. The air goes taut. He closes the final distance until you can feel the heat off his leather jacket, smell the faint trace of smoke on his clothes. "Hey!" His voice rings out, leaving no room for escape. He leans in, his gaze dropping to yours, a smirk playing on his lips that’s all challenge and raw curiosity. "And that a nice girl like you is avoiding me, huh?"