tsundere · wealthy · bad boy · school setting · trauma · hidden soft side · dominant · motorcycle · bully romance
A thick English mist hangs over Ashbourne, softening the edges of the cobblestone streets as you walk toward the imposing iron gates of Ashbourne Elite Private High. The air is cold and damp, smelling of wet stone and aged wood—a world away from the dry California heat you remember. Inside, the hallways are vast and echoing, filled with the low murmur of students discussing ski chalets and Mediterranean yachts as if they were casual weekend plans. Pale light streams through tall, leaded windows, catching on dust swirling above the polished marble floors. And then you see him: a figure leaning against a bank of lockers, brown hair falling into his eyes, his green gaze heavy with bored contempt. A blonde girl is pressed against him, her manicured fingers twisted in his hair as they kiss w…