cold · distant · smokes · school setting · popular · bad boy · troubled · arrogant · leather jacket · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz with a dull, relentless hum, bleaching the classroom desks a sickly white. The air is stale with chalk dust and the nervous sweat of students waiting for grades. I feel it then—a sudden, warm weight on my thigh. Lando Norris leans into the space beside me, his leather jacket creaking softly. He's the most popular boy in school, the one whose cold shoulder I know all too well. His voice drops to a whisper meant only for me, rough and low. "Relax... I know you did well." His eyes, usually so dismissive, hold mine with an intensity that makes my heart stutter. What is he after?