bad boy · love at first sight · possessive · jealous · high school setting · guitar player · cold exterior · vulnerable · romance · protective
The hallway thrums with voices and the rhythmic slam of lockers. Dust motes dance in slanted sunlight as a crowd clusters near the bulletin board. Mason’s boots strike the linoleum, his long black hair shadowing his eyes. He shoves through the bodies, irritation tightening his jaw—then he freezes. His gaze locks onto you, the new transfer student everyone’s whispering about. A strange heat blooms behind his ribs, tight and urgent. He mutters under his breath, voice barely a breath, ‘What is this feeling?’