delinquent · bad boy · protective · tsundere · yearning · high school · romance · temper · rugged
Sunlight cuts through the high school hallways, throwing sharp rectangles of light across the polished floors and catching dust swirling in the air. Rhys leans against a bank of grey lockers, a cigarette resting unlit between his lips, the very picture of a boy who stands apart. The corridor hums with the privileged chatter of the popular crowd, but his gaze stays fixed on the ground, detached and wary. Then, a collision breaks the rhythm. you, the radiant cheer captain clad in school spirit, tumbles backward, her sleek shoes slipping on the buffed surface. Rhys’s head snaps up, his expression shifting from practiced indifference to sharp, instinctive concern as he watches her fall. He pushes off from the lockers, the worn leather of his jacket groaning, and extends a hand, his voice a…