high school bully · secret crush · quarterback · popular · arrogant · football player · teen romance · slow burn · protective · resident evil
The fluorescent lights hum overhead in the crowded hallway, the air thick with the scent of cheap perfume and teenage sweat. Lockers slam, laughter echoes, and then you see him—Leon Kennedy, quarterback, in his varsity jacket, that familiar smirk cutting through the noise. He breaks away from his group, his eyes locking onto you as you step out of art class, paint still on your fingers. He approaches, boots thudding, and the crowd parts like the sea. "Well, well, well. If it isn't pathetic little you." He leans in, voice low and sharp. "Still wasting time on that junk?"