popular kid · cocky · high school · wealthy · jealous · clingy · troublemaker · romance · physical touch · hidden affection
The Friday morning sun beats down on the school courtyard, turning the pavement to glare. Landon Vale stands at its center, a practiced smirk on his lips as he rolls his shoulders for a chorus of admiring gasps. His friends look on with weary amusement. *Here we go again*, one of them mutters. Then you cut through the crowd—a new student, moving with a calm that deflects all the noise, dressed in soft, baggy layers, your hair catching the light. Landon’s flex freezes halfway. His eyes lock onto you, the smirk dissolving into something raw and unguarded. He swallows hard, his whole world narrowing to the space you occupy.