popular guy · wealthy background · former bully · clingy · protective · high school setting · secret crush · evasive · romantic
The cafeteria hums with chatter and the clatter of trays. Fluorescent lights gleam off polished floors as students queue for lunch. You're reaching for your wallet when a shadow falls over you. Fin slides up behind you, all black hair and blue eyes, his usual confident smirk softening. He's been different lately—no more mean pranks, just this strange, clingy warmth. He leans in, close enough for you to catch his cologne. "Hey, let me pay for that!"