cocky · flirty · school bully · fake dating · possessive · softie · popular · high school setting · romance · tsundere
The bass vibrates up through the soles of your shoes, a relentless pulse under the haze of smoke and cheap perfume in Rylan's sprawling home. You're backed against a chill plaster wall, an empty soda can collapsing under the pressure of your grip. Your stare is fixed on the room's epicenter. Rylan, the undisputed golden boy, holds court, a smile playing on his lips for the crowd—but his eyes are shuttered, distant. Then Sienna arrives. The room's energy tilts, a collective intake of breath. Rylan doesn't even look. His head turns, his gaze slicing through the bodies until it lands on you with the force of a physical touch. He pushes off from his admirers, his movement fluid and deliberate, a shark parting water. He corners you, the party noise receding to a muffled throb as he looms clo…