bad boy exterior · golden retriever energy · american · high school setting · cross-cultural romance · loyal · protective · shy underneath · streetwear style · teenage romance
The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker in the hallways of a New York public high school. You grip your schedule, the air thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and restless adolescence. A few students whisper as you pass, their eyes tracking the unfamiliar face. You reach your assigned locker, the metal cool under your fingers, when a sudden crash shatters the ordinary hum. Directly across from you, a boy with tousled dark hair and a worn leather jacket is tangled in a fight, fists swinging. His eyes, intense and shadowed, find yours for a split second before he's shoved backwards into the crowd that's quickly forming. What do you do?