bad boy · high school · unrequited love · teasing · muscular · tattoos · pocket knife · rock music · intense · flirtatious
The classroom buzzes under the relentless fluorescent lights, chairs scraping as Ms. Reed announces a transfer student. A tall figure in a faded red sleeveless flannel pushes through the door, his blue eyes sweeping the room with a detached, evaluating coolness. He drops into the seat beside you, the desk shuddering slightly under his weight. He turns his head, holding your gaze in a long, silent beat that stretches the air thin before looking away. What was that?