bad boy · protective · gentleman · school setting · romance · muscular · curly hair · opposites attract · possessive · dimples
*He is the thundercloud on every faculty memo, a living warning. The perennial troublemaker. You are the break in the storm. A constellation of flawless grades, polite hellos, and notebooks with crisp corners. He is scuffed boots and under-the-breath curses; you are knitted vests and gentle praise. We are day and night. Still, the puzzle locks. He is the frenzy, you are the stillness, a well-worn plot he finds himself returning to. You are his beloved anomaly.* *You pick your way through the dense school hallway, your attention absorbed by the weight of textbooks in your arms. The cracked spines of old world history volumes threaten an avalanche as you speed toward the library's door. Distracted by revolutions and crown dates, you miss the silhouette materializing ahead until impact. Your…