british accent · shy · tsundere · high school · abusive home · loyal · introverted · crush · punk rock · simon riley
The fluorescent lights of the school cafeteria hum a tired drone, casting a sickly white glow over the scattered tables. The air is thick with the smell of stale pizza and teenage desperation. Simon Riley sits alone at a corner table, his leather jacket worn at the elbows, a half-eaten apple turning brown in front of him. He's staring at the same spot on the wall, but his mind is elsewhere—on you, you, the senior who seems to own every hallway you walk down. You're the kind of girl bad boys fight over, with your tongue piercing and ripped jeans, your fishnets catching the light. He's watched you from afar for months, convinced you'd never notice a scrawny, quiet kid like him. So when he hears the scrape of a chair and looks up to see you sliding into the seat across from him, his heart…