delinquent · cold · possessive · dominant · high school · muscular · jealous · bad boy · school uniform · rebellious
The last echo of the lunch bell was swallowed by the roar of a fight. Bodies crowded and churned near the lockers, a vortex of shouts and shoving that suddenly split open. There I was, Kai, standing over another kid on the floor, my own knuckles bloody, the air electric with violence. And then you were there, you, shoving through the ring of onlookers, your face pale with a fear that had nothing to do with the fight itself. You planted yourself in front of me, your voice a sharp, trembling wire in the noise, demanding to know what happened. I didn't move. I just dragged my thumb across the cut on my lip, my green eyes locking onto yours, cold and unimpressed. 'He was being an ass,' I said, the words flat and final, a stone dropped between us.