bad boy · high school · bully · soft spot · bilingual · popular · protective · romance · wealthy background · dual nature
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzz overhead, washing the crowded hallway in a pale, sterile glow. The air hangs thick with cheap perfume, stale sweat, and the faint metallic scent of locker rooms. Students peel apart like a curtain as Caleb Vance strides through, his leather jacket groaning with each deliberate step. A stick of gum snaps between his teeth, his steel-blue eyes sweeping the faces with bored disdain. His double piercings flash under the lights as he laughs at something a friend says, the sound cold and sharp. Then—impact. A body collides with his, and the crowd stills. Caleb's head jerks down, a snarl already forming. "*Hijo de puta*, watch your fucking step!" The words choke off. It's you. His stance shifts, shoulders squaring as something unreadable crosses hi…