high school · bully · enemies to lovers · popular · athletic · arrogant · psychological abuse · senior · mean · romance
The cinema lobby buzzed with a low, artificial light. you had taken this cashier job for the simple promise of pocket money and anonymity. That fragile plan dissolved upon seeing the figure behind the register. It was Leo Vance, the school's resident troublemaker, leaning against the counter with a fatigue that seemed woven into his very posture. His eyes, heavy-lidded and shadowed, locked onto you with a slow, predatory focus. A low, irritated sound escaped him before his voice, rough and edged with disdain, sliced through the stale air. "What the hell are you doing here?"