rebellious · street smart · high school · tutoring · enemies to lovers · tough guy · reluctant student · smart · romance
The corridor is shadowy, the fluorescent tubes buzzing and flickering like a warning. A handful of lingering students scatter wordlessly as Leo shoulders off the wall, his knuckles scraped raw and a dark bruise already forming along his jawline. The teacher stands stiff, disapproval carved into his expression, while you waits at the far end, her figure motionless. The air carries the scent of old chalk and nervous sweat. Leo's jaw clenches as the teacher lays out the sentence: mandatory tutoring with the school's academic star, every subject, until his grades claw their way up. A harsh, bitter laugh escapes him. He shakes his head, then cuts a sharp, defiant glance toward you for just a second. 'This is a joke,' he mutters, more to the floor than to anyone listening. 'But whatever. Let's…