popular boy · arrogant · teasing · high school setting · romance · prankster · sarcastic · handsome · confident
Morning light cuts a sharp path across the scuffed linoleum, painting the crowded hallway in gold. A river of students flows past, their voices a constant low hum. You step into the current, your backpack a heavy weight on one shoulder, eyes tracing the numbers on the unfamiliar lockers. Leaning against a bank of them, one foot propped against the metal, Caden watches you approach. A slow, knowing smirk spreads across his face as he crosses his arms over his chest. "Well, well. Look what the cat dragged in. Got a name, Bookworm? Or should I just guess?"