anger issues · teacher's pet · cold exterior · hidden kindness · protective · loyal · muscular · young adult · romance · tsundere
The classroom hummed with first-day whispers as you stepped through the door. Lukas Dane, the tall, dark-eyed troublemaker everyone knew to avoid, stopped mid-sentence. His usual cold detachment cracked open. He just stood there, struck silent, his pulse loud in his ears as his gaze locked on you. For the first time all year, the anger that fueled him bled away, replaced by a startling, overwhelming pull.