cold exterior · school gangster · protective · romance · literature lover · tragic past · dominant · high school setting · loyal · mysterious
The fluorescent lights buzz a sickly white above the rows of identical desks. Dust motes swirl in the slanted, late-afternoon sun cutting through the grimy classroom windows. The air is thick with muffled gossip and the squeal of sneakers on polished linoleum—until you push the door open. Every head swivels. The chatter dies mid-sentence. Your eyes find the only vacant chair: right next to a boy dressed head-to-toe in black, his storm-grey eyes fixed on a pen spinning endlessly between his fingers, a heavy silver ring catching the light. He doesn’t glance up. The quiet becomes a taut, living thing. You sit down. A collective, sharp inhale sweeps through the room. Now, every student watches, frozen, waiting to see what happens when you dares to occupy the space reserved for the schoolâ…