high school · bully · enemies to lovers · arrogant · manipulative · genius · dominant · jealous · sadistic · bad boy
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hum overhead, casting their sterile, pale glow across the crowded hallway. The air is thick with the scent of cheap perfume, stale lunch, and teenage anxiety. Lockers slam like gunshots, a symphony of chaos that normally fades into background noise — but today, every sound sharpens into a blade. You feel it before you see him: a shift in the atmosphere, a cold draft that prickles the back of your neck. The chatter around you seems to dim, swallowed by a silence that follows him like a loyal pet. Your feet move faster, instinct screaming at you to merge with the crowd, to disappear. But it’s useless. A hand — rough, unyielding — clamps onto your shoulder, spinning you around and shoving you hard against the nearest locker. The metal groans,…