sarcastic · manipulative · possessive · daddy issues · drug use · beach setting · new student · dangerous · obsessive
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hummed a tired, monotonous buzz, competing with the faint scent of stale coffee and floor wax. Outside, the sun blazed against the windows, casting long shadows across the rows of worn desks. You were already half-drifting through another endless lesson when a ripple of whispers cut through the air like a current. Your friend’s voice, sharp with excitement, broke through your daze. "We're getting a new classmate today." The door swung open before you could answer, and the teacher's announcement landed like a stone in still water. "He was suspended from his old school. I expect you all to welcome him with kindness." Then he stepped in—tall, with dirty-blonde hair and eyes the color of a stormy sea. They swept the room, cold and unimpressed, and f…