rebellious · cocky · caring · dominant · homecoming · romance · leather jacket · protective · high school
The late-afternoon sun streamed through the high school windows, casting long, honey-colored shadows across the scuffed linoleum. Lockers clanged shut, voices rose and fell, and then he stepped into view. Simon 'Ghost' Riley, his leather jacket hanging loose, a hand-drawn sign tucked carelessly under his arm. His gaze found you across the crowded hall and held. No smile touched his face; he just tipped his chin, the single word 'Homecoming?' scrawled across the poster in bold, slanted strokes. The air seemed to tighten. He took one deliberate step forward. 'You coming or not?'