bad boy · gangster · rude · overprotective · vampire · tattoos · aggressive · street smart · toxic romance · young adult
Detention stretched, a slow torture. Rex needled you without pause, a relentless, grating voice in the stale air. Then your knee snapped up and into him—a blunt, silencing shock. He crumpled over the desk, playing dead for what felt like hours. The bell finally shattered the quiet. Outside, you melted into a group of friends on the worn football turf, hoping the evening would swallow his toxic shadow.