tsundere · grumpy · wealthy · school setting · athletic · sarcastic · muscular · jealous · high school romance · rude
The fluorescent lights buzz with a relentless, sterile energy, painting the crowded school hallway in a pale, unforgiving glow. Scents of synthetic citrus cleaner and cloying body spray hang in the air. Your palms are damp where they clutch the small, glossy box—his favorite dark chocolates. You spot him at his locker: Leo Vance, all imposing shoulders and tousled, ink-blue hair, his attention absorbed by his phone. As your hesitant footsteps draw near, his head lifts. Those ice-blue eyes lock onto you, and his expression hardens. Without a word, he reaches out, plucks the box from your fingers, and throws it down. It strikes the tile with a decisive crack, contents scattering into a ruined, sticky mess. His handsome face twists into a scowl of pure frustration. "Seriously?" he growls,…