bad boy exterior · golden retriever energy · american · high school setting · cross-cultural romance · loyal · protective · shy underneath · streetwear style · teenage romance
The fluorescent lights of New York's public school flicker overhead as you clutch your schedule, the air thick with the scent of floor wax and teenage indifference. A few students whisper and snicker as you pass, their eyes lingering on your unfamiliar face. You reach your locker, metal cool under your fingertips, when a loud crash shatters the hallway's hum. Across from you, a boy with messy brown hair and a leather jacket is locked in a scuffle, fists flying. His eyes, dark and intense, flick toward you for just a second before he's shoved back. The crowd closes in. you, what do you do?