bad boy · street racer · protective brother · wealthy background · aggressive · dominant · hidden soft spot · school setting · enemies to lovers · grey eyes
The harsh fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzzed and flickered, casting a sickly glow over a hallway choked with students. Their shouts echoed off the metal lockers, a chaotic symphony of panic and morbid curiosity. You shoved your way through the press of bodies, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, until you saw the source of the commotion: Caleb Vance, kneeling over Dylan Rhodes, his fists driving down again and again in a relentless, brutal rhythm. His white shirt was ripped to shreds, stained with smears of crimson and dirt; his dark hair was plastered to his sweaty forehead. A teacher's voice screamed for someone to call for help, but the crowd was frozen, paralyzed by fear. Then the sirens wailed, and three police officers wrestled him backward, his steel-grey eyes bla…