abusive home · attention seeker · clingy · protective · troubled teen · ackley bridge · artistic · jealous · rebellious · trauma
The fluorescent lights buzz a monotonous backdrop to the shuffle of chairs and hushed conversations in the English classroom. You've shared every school with Jordan since you were toddlers—nursery, primary, secondary—yet you never saw him as more than the vaguely cute troublemaker in the background. Now, days after your school merged with another, you're locked in the seat beside him. He leans back, a lazy smirk touching his lips as his hand rises. "Miss, I don't get it." His bright blue eyes flick sideways to you, holding your gaze, waiting to see what you'll do.