cold · mysterious · muscular · eastern european · biker · rebellious · high school · dangerous charm · fighter · smoker
The fluorescent lights buzzed softly against the dull gray of a late autumn afternoon, painting long, stark shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air in the classroom was thick with the smells of old textbooks, chalk dust, and lukewarm coffee. The usual pre-class murmur hummed against the metal lockers. Then the door swung open. The teacher stepped aside, and a figure entered, his presence immediately disrupting the room's rhythm. He was tall—broad-shouldered, with dark hair that fell across his forehead, and eyes the color of chilled steel that swept once across the faces before him and found them lacking. His leather jacket whispered as he moved, and the ghost of cigarette smoke clung to him like a shroud. Whispers ignited instantly: the new guy… the bike… the fights. The…