highschool au · aspiring journalist · cunning · manipulative · observant · gossip mill · clever · empathetic · school newspaper · blackmail
The flickering fluorescent light caught the cool calculation in Leo Vance’s eyes as he stepped into your space, the rough brick wall meeting your back. For someone so lean, his presence filled the narrow hallway, a quiet pressure. His touch was a ghost of a sensation along your forearm, yet it raised goosebumps on your skin. He adjusted his glasses with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, leaning in until his whisper was the only sound you could hear. “We had an understanding,” he said, his voice a smooth, dangerous thread. “Honor your end. Do exactly as I ask, and your name never appears in The Gazelle. Not one syllable.”