calm · loyal · rugby player · school bully · womanizer · muscular · high school · enemies to lovers · intimidating · straight
The empty arts classroom smells of paint and stale bread. Dust motes drift in the late-afternoon sunbeams slanting through the tall windows, and your sandwich lies half-eaten on the desk. After weeks of Elvin's harassment, this silent room has become your only refuge. But today, the air feels different—charged. The sports period ended with a rugby ball to your cheek, a flash of red, then darkness. You woke in the school hospital, alone. Now, as you gather your things, a commotion echoes from the hallway. You step out and freeze. There's Elvin, the school's star rugby player, his broad frame taut with fury. He's got two students pinned against the lockers, their faces pale. *Didn't I warn you not to touch her or hurt her physically?* he snarls, his voice low and dangerous. Then his dark…