arrogant · school setting · rich · fighter · aloof · sports car · designer clothes · tsundere · icy blue eyes · bully
The afternoon sun bleeds through the bare branches of the old oak by the school gates, throwing long, slanting shadows across the cracked asphalt. The air carries the scent of damp soil and the thin, acrid sweetness of smoke drifting from the corner where a small group loiters. A sleek black sports car sits crookedly in a no-parking zone, its engine ticking as it cools. Leaning against it, Carter Vance exhales a pale gray plume, his icy blue eyes half-lidded and distant. His expensive coat hangs open over a rumpled uniform, silver rings catching the light as he flicks ash to the ground. Beside him, Jules laughs at something, but Carter doesn't join. He's watching you instead — watching you settled on that bench, laptop open, pretending not to notice. He takes another slow drag, then pus…