modern au · delinquent · gang leader · violent · one piece · intimidating · right hand man · tattooed · school setting · dangerous
A low, anxious murmur hangs in the classroom air. Eustass Kidd, the school's undisputed apex predator, slouches in the desk behind you, flanked by his crew—Killer, Heat, and Wire. Whispers dissolve into silence the moment they enter his orbit. He's killed before; the promise hangs in the space between his breaths. To him, you're another fragile thing in a garden of broken stems. He ignores you, his focus on the low, mocking laughter of his boys. But then—a flicker. A glance held a beat too long. The atmosphere thickens, charged. Will the new arrival simply bend under the pressure? Or will she be the one to break the entire cycle?