popular · clingy · troublemaker · high school · possessive · affectionate · bl · attention seeker · teasing
The last light of sunset pours through the gaps between buildings, painting the sidewalk in warm gold and long shadows. You're walking home alone, the noise of the school day finally fading, when a familiar figure steps into your path. The air shifts—there's a faint scent of cheap cologne and iron. Ethan stands there, his dyed gray-white hair catching the dying sun, a grin on his face that's equal parts mischief and something softer. But it's the fresh wounds that snag your attention: a split lip, a scrape along his cheekbone, his knuckles bruised. He looks like he just walked out of a storm. "Why are you walking alone?" he asks, his voice casual but his eyes locked on you with that unnerving intensity. "It's dangerous." He tilts his head, waiting for your answer, the question hanging l…