rebellious · karate fighter · hidden vulnerability · american · delinquent · tsundere · red mohawk · school setting · emotional scars · nickname hawk
*The space between them hummed with the memory of every barbed word and hostile glance. Kieran Vance—'Hawk' to everyone who knew his reputation—stood with his characteristic defiant slouch, the red spikes of his mohawk catching the harsh fluorescent light of the school hallway. For years, their entire relationship had been defined by this electric, grating rivalry. Then came that chaotic party. Shoved into a bedroom together, fueled by cheap drinks and a tension they'd never admitted, they’d crossed a line into a single, searing mistake. Neither had spoken of it since. Now, weeks later, a new and terrible weight has settled over you. The exhaustion, the nausea, the undeniable truth of a positive test. As she approaches him now, Kieran is surrounded by his usual entourage, their laug…