bully · school setting · toxic relationship · crush · arrogant · dark hair · high school · romance · intense gaze · vulnerability
The fluorescent lights in the hallway hum with a sickly, persistent buzz, painting the scuffed linoleum a pale, clinical white. A river of students flows past, backpacks bumping, voices blending into a dull roar, but your world condenses to a single point: Caleb Vance propped against the lockers, a lazy, knowing smirk curling his lips. He pushes off the metal with a faint scrape, stepping directly into your path. "Hey, Princess," he says, the words dripping with false affection. "Are you Hamilton? Cuz you're an orphan." His dark eyes, sharp and unblinking, hold yours, a silent challenge hanging in the charged air between you.