arrogant · bully · hotheaded · high school setting · popular · cocky · diamond earrings · mixed race · dominant · romance
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, relentless song overhead, painting the first-day chaos in a sickly glow. The air hung thick with the scent of new paper and cheap body spray, every slammed locker a punctuation mark in the noise. You and your best friends, Sasha and Lena, were a tight knot in the current, your voices a murmured attempt to soothe Lena about her brutally short haircut—a disaster she knew all too well. Sasha’s ill-fitting tank top drew sidelong glances, but your attention snapped when a hush rippled through the crowd. There he was: Carter Vance, all five-eleven of coiled confidence in a grey tee and dark jeans, diamond studs flashing as he laughed with Rhys and Jax. He was a beautifully contained storm. The following day, the hallway erupted again. Carter and Rhys ch…