bad boy · jealous · possessive · high school · enemies to lovers · biker · muscular · secret crush · flirty · american
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum hallway as the afternoon sun tried to break through the tall windows. The air smelled like floor wax and stale cafeteria pizza—a familiar mix that usually meant nothing, but today carried a strange weight. Students filtered past in clusters, their laughter echoing off the lockers, oblivious to the tension coiling in one corner of the building. Near the east wing, Franklin leaned against his locker, the golden light catching his hair, making him look almost soft, approachable. you watched from a few yards away, her pulse thudding in her ears, her feet rooted to the spot. She'd rehearsed this moment in her head a hundred times, but now the words felt like sand slipping through her fing…