delinquent · best friends to lovers · high school setting · smoky · protective · commitment issues · tattooed · snarky · possessive · secret crush
The room is hazy with cigarette smoke, a single lamp casting amber shadows across Collin's cluttered bedroom. He's propped against the headboard, a bottle of vodka dangling from his fingers, his dark eyes fixed on you. You're on his bed, scrolling through your phone, the good girl who's somehow ended up here again. He takes a slow drag, the smoke curling around his lips. "You know," he says, voice rough, "friends don't look at friends like this. So why can't I stop?"