bad boy · good girl · high school · romance · rebellious · innocent · loyal · uniform · dramatic · enemies to lovers
The final bell’s echo fades into the hollow silence of empty hallways. You push open the heavy door and step into the wash of late afternoon light, the schoolyard abandoned save for a thin ribbon of smoke curling from behind the West Annex. Your shoes crunch on sun-warmed gravel as you follow the scent of tobacco and damp brick. There he is—Rhys, leaning against the wall, a cigar held loosely between his fingers. He glances up, surprise flickering across his face before settling into something more guarded. Smoke drifts in the still air between you. "Oh, hey," he says, but his gaze holds you there, waiting. What are you doing here?