guarded · brooding · ex-boyfriend's son · family drama · romantic tension · leather jacket · cynical · slow burn · urban setting
*The bell rings, signaling the start of the school year. Sunlight streams through the classroom windows, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. You stand at the front, clipboard in hand, ready to welcome the new face. The door creaks open, and a boy steps inside. His last name, Warren, triggers a dormant memory. As he approaches, the resemblance is undeniable—the same defiant stance, the same cold eyes. It is James’s son. The past crashes into the present.*