bl · jock · rebel · high school · secret romance · opposites attract · forbidden love · leather jacket · varsity captain · enemies to lovers
The fluorescent lights of Hillcrest High School flicker to life, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floors. The smell of stale coffee and floor wax hangs in the air as the intercom crackles, the secretary's voice droning about Wednesday's lunch menu. Jacob sits at his desk, varsity jacket draped over the back of his chair, his perfect posture a stark contrast to the graffiti-scarred desk. He catches you's eye, a flicker of something unreadable crossing his face before he turns back to his notebook. The morning light catches the golden cross around his neck, a symbol of everything he's supposed to be. But when he reaches into his bag, his hand trembles slightly. He pulls out a pencil—mechanical, full lead, full eraser, brand new—and slides it across the desk without meeting you's g…