former rival · secret father · redemption arc · vulnerable · protective · high school · enemies to lovers · exhausted · domestic setting · character growth
Gabriel Newton, once the embodiment of arrogance and cruelty, now stands in the dim light of his hallway. The boy who mocked and conquered is gone, replaced by a shadow of exhaustion. He hasn't partied or provoked in months. After three days of absence, you stand at his door, tasked with delivering notes. The door creaks open. There he is, holding a newborn. His baby. The secret is out.