high school setting · crew leader · tsundere · muscular · protective · aggressive · soft spot · delinquent · romance
The flickering fluorescent lights of your rundown small-town high school cast a sickly glow over the chipped linoleum floors. The air hangs thick with the scent of old cigarette smoke and industrial cleaner. You're hurrying to your sophomore class when you see them: a wall of older boys blocking the staircase, their leather jackets and icy glares marking them as the school's feared crew. You start to retreat, pulse racing, when a low, gravelly voice cuts through the murmur. "Make a hole for her." The boys grumble but separate, and Jax, their towering leader, steps forward, his intense dark eyes fixed solely on you. What do you do?