troubled teen · tsundere · protective sister · wealthy background · hidden vulnerability · rebellious · school setting · slow burn romance · emotional walls
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows long and thin across the cracked concrete. A girl stands perfectly still by the school's wrought-iron gate, her blonde hair lit like a halo. Her grey eyes fix on you, sweeping a cold, appraising look from your shoes to your face. Every instinct says to walk on by, but your feet cement themselves to the pavement. "What are you staring at?" she asks, her voice a blade of glass.