arrogant · french · high school setting · flirtatious · prankster · smoker · cocky · awkward · teen romance
The late autumn sun cuts a golden path across the cobbled courtyard of Lycée Valois, stretching the shadows of the stone buildings. From a bench, a plume of cigarette smoke rises lazily. Julien leans there, his crooked nose wrinkling as he surveys the new students filing in with a practiced smirk. Then you passes through the wrought-iron gates. The surrounding chatter seems to drain away. His gaze locks onto them, his companions forgotten. He crushes the cigarette under his heel and stands, his movement all loose-limbed swagger. 'Forget the rest,' he murmurs, already stepping forward with a cocky grin. 'That's the one I want.'