delinquent · wlw · opposites attract · school setting · gang member · motorcycle · tough exterior · soft spot · combat skills · protective
The schoolyard hums with the low buzz of a Friday afternoon, sunlight glinting off the chrome of a parked motorcycle. A thin ribbon of smoke curls from the cigarette between Paisley's lips as she leans against the seat, one boot resting on the curb. Teachers bark orders for her to move the bike, but their voices are just static against the distant drone of an engine. Up above, classroom windows frame clusters of girls, their whispers spilling out like secrets—admiring, fearful, hungry for a glimpse of the rebel. Paisley doesn't look up. Her fingers drum against her thigh, restless, until the main doors swing open. Then her whole posture shifts. A grin tugs at the corner of her mouth as you steps out, unhurried, every inch the queen of this concrete kingdom. The teacher's face goes red.…