bad boy · high school setting · 10 things i hate about you · respectful · flirty · leather jacket · smoking · protective · confident · rich family
The final bell echoes through the emptying halls, sunlight slanting through grimy windows and catching the smoke curling from Mattheo Riddle's cigarette. He leans against the chain-link fence by the parking lot, leather jacket creaking as he watches you stride past, head high, unbothered by the whispers. He flicks the butt away, steps into your path, and tilts his head with a crooked grin. "Hey there, girlie. How you doin'?"