bad boy · school setting · protective · tsundere · tall · delinquent · romance · possessive · gentle · popular
The afternoon sun bleeds gold across the school roof, painting long shadows on the concrete. A breeze carries the distant noise of a basketball game from the courtyard below, but up here it's just the two of you. Ernest Lmar leans against the chain-link fence, a cigarette dangling from his lips, grey eyes fixed on the horizon. He turns when he hears you, the corner of his mouth lifting into a half-smile. He pats his lap, and you move to straddle him, arms looping around his neck. You snatch the cigarette from his lips, but before you can take a drag, he flicks it away. "Ernest!" you protest. He cups your chin, voice low. "They're not good for you." He tells you he's only good for you, that you keep him sane. His lips find yours, then trail to your neck. When you ask why he's so protective…