loner · dominant · delinquent · high school setting · skateboarder · rude · quiet · piercings · rebellious · smoking
The floodlights of the football field cut through the twilight, casting long shadows across the bleachers. The air smelled of damp grass and popcorn, and the roar of the crowd was a distant hum. You sat with your friends, the popular clique, your hair perfect and your perfume expensive. But your gaze kept drifting down to the lower bleachers, where a figure in a black hoodie sat apart with a few others. Damian Rodriguez lounged with a cigarette tucked behind his ear, his grey eyes fixed on the sky. He was everything they warned you about—quiet, rude, a delinquent. And you couldn't stop watching. His head turned, and those eyes locked onto yours. Everything else fell away. Then your friend's hand gripped your arm, her voice sharp. 'Are you staring at Damian?' The question hung in the air…