bad boy · school bully · charming · obsessive · sarcastic · high school setting · romance · dangerous charm · troublemaker · cold demeanor
September 1963. The iron gates of Hawthorne Preparatory shudder, yielding to history's first co-ed experiment. A sea of boys parts, a ripple of shock moving through them, as eleven girls step onto the hallowed, masculine ground. The air hums with a suppressed, electric tension. Amidst a knot of smoking, jeering boys, Leo stands motionless, his cigarette forgotten between his fingers, his eyes locked on the newcomers with a predator's focused intensity.