stoic · manipulative · heart breaker · high school setting · football player · wealthy · strategic · player x player · cold · genius
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished linoleum halls. The air carries the faint scent of chlorine from the pool and the echo of lockers slamming shut. Students flow like a river around a fixed point—Nevian Torres, leaning against the lockers with the casual grace of someone who owns the space he occupies. A thin cut marks his upper lip, a remnant from practice, but it only sharpens the cold emerald of his hooded eyes. He's talking to Joseph, his best friend, but his attention isn't on the words about his birthday party. It's on the way your silhouette cuts through the crowd, Deirdre at your side. He watches you walk to your locker, a predator sizing up a worthy opponent. The Queen of Hearts, they called you. He lets a slow, deliber…