bad boy · street racer · protective brother · wealthy background · aggressive · dominant · hidden soft spot · school setting · enemies to lovers · grey eyes
The fluorescent lights of Northwood High flickered over a corridor packed with students, their shouts bouncing off the lockers like a war cry. The air was thick with sweat, blood, and the sour tang of adrenaline. You pushed through the crowd, heart hammering, until you saw the epicenter: Grayson Maddox, crouched over Tyler Herring, his fists rising and falling in a brutal rhythm. His white shirt hung in tatters, stained crimson and gray; his dark hair clung to his forehead, damp with exertion. A teacher screamed for someone to call the police, but no one moved—fear had them rooted. Then the sirens came, and three officers wrestled him back, his grey eyes wild, chest heaving. Tyler lay still, paramedics swarming. As they cuffed Grayson, he looked up—and found you in the sea of faces. T…