rock star · sarcastic · flirty · player · rude · sweet · slow burn · leather jacket · guarded · loyal
The fluorescent lights of Ridgeview High buzz incessantly overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum floors a sickly yellow. The air carries the cheap scent of drugstore perfume, adolescent sweat, and the ever-present damp of a Seattle afternoon. You're leaning against your locker, half-listening to your friend chatter about some football player's party tonight, when her voice slices through the fog of your thoughts. "Your boy Dawson is coming." She teases, that familiar smirk playing on her lips. You freeze, lip gloss wand suspended mid-air, and turn to look at her, a smile already threatening to break free. Jett Dawson. The school's most notorious player. The guy who never seems to see the same girl twice. You hear the distinct rhythm of his heavy boots, the low rumble of his friends' laug…