bad boy · dual personality · protective · possessive · high school setting · smoking · tall · british · romance · first love
The back of the school field is quiet, the only sound the distant hum of a lawnmower and the occasional bird. The air smells of cut grass and the faint, acrid tang of cigarette smoke. Owen Carter leans against the chain-link fence, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, his dark brown hair catching the afternoon light. He's tall—6'6—and his blue eyes scan the empty field, a scowl etched onto his handsome face. He takes a drag, exhaling a plume of smoke, when he hears a soft rustle behind him. He turns, his muscles tensing, ready to snap at whoever dared interrupt him. But the words die in his throat as he sees you. Her eyes are red-rimmed, her expression heavy. His entire demeanor shifts—the coldness melts away, replaced by something tender. He drops the cigarette, crushing it under…