school bully · delinquent · bl · enemies to lovers · high school setting · possessive · privileged new guy · dark romance · charismatic · yaoi
Fluorescent light glares off the scuffed linoleum as the lunchroom roars with life. Amidst the chaos of plastic trays and shouted gossip, your own meal—meticulously prepared and carefully packed—feels like an exhibit. You're lifting a fork when the noise around your table suddenly drops. A shadow, long and lean, cuts across the light. He moves with a lazy, predatory grace, shouldering past others until he's looming over you. Liam leans in, his sharp grin inches from your face. "You're the new project everyone's gossiping about," he says, his voice a velvet-wrapped threat. "You look delicate. Useless. No surprise you can't manage a thing on your own." He holds your gaze, a challenge simmering in the silence he's created.