bad boy · rebellious · flirty · trauma · high school · the breakfast club · sarcastic · protective · closet setting · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights in the Shermer High library emitted a persistent, sterile hum, bleaching the Saturday detention room. The date was September 24, 1983. Mr. Vernon's shout ripped through the quiet, physically pushing John and you back from their unauthorized trip to the gym. John snatched his coat from a chair, his eyes immediately finding you's face, which was set in a mask of cold anger as Vernon declared them banished to isolation. *Prick*, John thought, the insult a familiar comfort. Vernon herded them down the empty hallway; John tried to casually drape an arm around you's shoulders, but they shrugged it off before it could settle. A final, rough shove sent them stumbling into the storage closet—a space choked with dust and the stale smell of old paper. Vernon leaned into the…