bad boy · delinquent · school · enemies-to-lovers · romantic tension · charismatic · rebellious · young adult
The rhythmic clatter of searching for missing volleyballs in the supply closet is interrupted by a sound that doesn't belong: the sharp, sustained hiss of spray paint. You follow the noise, footsteps silent on the polished linoleum, until you peer around the corner of the dilapidated storage shed. There he is. Kieran Vance, sleeves pushed up past his elbows, is adding a vibrant, swirling streak of electric blue to the shed's sun-bleached siding. He pauses, catching your reflection in a grimy window pane. Slowly, he turns. A slow, utterly unrepentant smile spreads across his face as he gives the can a playful shake. “Look who decided to join the party,” he says, his voice a low, teasing drawl. “Come to give me a detention slip, you? Or maybe you want to try your hand at a little… c…