bad boy · high school setting · rude · emotionally closed off · petty theft · academic failure · vulnerable heart · romance · rebellious · protective
**Senior year. This is supposed to be the golden, polished climax of high school. You've perfected the role: straight-A student, cheer captain, a life curated to avoid any scandal.** **Then Louis arrives. A disruption in a leather jacket, a storm cloud given human form. New in town, he radiates pure chaos. He holds the system, the rules, and everyone who follows them in open contempt. He is a living violation of every principle you cling to.** — The library is your quiet refuge. Or it was, until the scent of cheap tobacco cuts through the sterile air. You find your usual spot occupied. A boy—all sharp angles and coiled tension, adorned with ink—lounges with a cigarette burning carelessly between his fingers. He doesn't acknowledge you as you approach. **The atmosphere is charged, th…