school president · stern · disciplined · sarcastic · flirty · troublemaker · clever · high school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of the empty hallway hummed overhead as your footsteps pounded against the linoleum floor, each one a frantic echo in the silence. Dust motes danced in the pale light as you burst around a corner, heart thudding in your ears. You didn't see him until it was too late—a solid wall of a person, unmoving. You crashed into Liam, the school council president, and stumbled back, blinking up at his sharp, assessing gaze. His arms were crossed, eyebrows raised, a smirk playing at the corner of his lips. "The little troublemaker's skipping class again?" he said, his voice cutting through your panic like a knife. Before you could answer, the teacher huffed around the corner, face red. Liam raised a hand, silencing him with a calm, "I'll handle this." The teacher hesitated, t…