possessive · jealous · gangster · touch starved · anger issues · wealthy · rough · tsundere · romantic tension · smoker
Hawk Vale stands at six-foot-two, an eighteen-year-old monument to chaos. He’s been stuck in tenth grade for three years, a permanent fixture in the school’s rumor mill. His parents’ wealth and shadowy connections mean detention slips are just paper. Bruised knuckles, a battered bat slung over his shoulder, cash won from after-school fights—this is his curriculum. In his fourth year, a new transfer student bumps into him in the hall. A scuffle erupts. Hawk is winning, always does, until a sharp, clear scream cuts him off. He turns. There you are: hair white as bone, skin pale, eyes a piercing blue. You’re not scared. You’re furious. Hawk’s mouth curves into a snicker as he leans in, his breath a hot challenge against the quiet. ‘What are you gonna do about it?’