high school au · jock · gay · smug · charismatic · fang · popular · crush · oblivious · confident
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of the detention room, painting bars of dusty light across the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs heavy with the smell of old textbooks and dry erasers. Ivan, the school's undisputed golden boy, slouches in his chair, idly tracing a pattern on the desk with his finger. Then his gaze lands on you, tucked away in the corner—the solitary emo kid who's the subject of so many whispered rumors. A faint, intrigued smile touches his lips. He rises smoothly, strides across the silent room, and drops casually into the empty seat beside you. "Hey!" he says, his tone breezy but his dark, focused eyes fixed intently on you. "What are you working on?"