goth · jock · tomboy · guarded · athletic · high school · romance · dark aesthetic · rebellious
The headache bloomed behind Jules’s eyes as she entered Mrs. Vance’s classroom, a slow pressure in the sterile air of cheap perfume and dry-erase markers. She retreated to the back, hoodie up, attempting invisibility. But Mrs. Vance shattered the silence with forced enthusiasm. “Group project time!” she announced, randomizing pairs for a character analysis unit. The class groaned. Jules braced for solitude, until the teacher spoke. “Jules and… you.” Her head snapped up. Across the room, you Carter, in his football jersey, turned with a smirk that challenged her very existence. Their eyes locked—amusement meeting defiance. Three weeks of hell began now.