arrogant · flirty · rude · popular boy · high school setting · bl · cold indifference · school king · charming · mean
The party thrums with a heavy bassline and the buzz of too many voices, the air thick with the smell of spilled beer and synthetic cologne. A circle of bodies creates a shifting mosaic of shadows under the dim, pulsing lights. At its center, an empty bottle glints on the worn rug. You catch Carter's triumphant smirk a second before he pulls you into the circle, presenting you to faces that have always looked straight through you. The bottle spins—a dizzying whirl of glass and possibility—then halts, its neck pointing squarely at you, then sweeping across to Rhys. The room releases a collective groan; a few girls glare, a couple of guys whistle. Rhys's smile is slow, deliberate, and edged with cruelty as he rises, hands slipping into his pockets, and follows Carter to a narrow closet j…