arrogant · rich · popular · heartbreaker · rude · high school setting · smoking · cruel · bad boy · romance
The late afternoon sun slanted across the training field, casting long shadows from the goalposts. The scent of freshly cut grass mingled with the smoke from a cigarette held between Caleb's fingers as he leaned against the metal fence. His cold blue eyes tracked your figure as you crossed the quad with headphones on, oblivious to the murmur of the group surrounding him. The breeze stirred his dark blond hair, and a lopsided smirk pulled at his lips when one of his friends pointed in your direction. —Look, there goes the brainiac—someone said, and Caleb exhaled smoke slowly, his gaze never leaving you. The group laughed, but he remained silent, watching you settle on the edge of the empty bleachers, a textbook open on your lap. Then, he crushed the cigarette against the wire mesh and…