popular bully · cold exterior · hidden kindness · childhood friends · forgotten past · teasing · flirty · school setting · sharp-witted · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzz with a low, electric hum as you push through the heavy front doors, the weight of a new school settling on your shoulders. Laughter and chatter echo from clustered students, but it dies abruptly as a tall, imposing figure rounds the corner. He collides with you—a solid, deliberate impact—and your books scatter across the polished floor. Sharp, glacial eyes lock onto yours, holding you in place. The air grows thick, charged. A slow, predatory smirk lifts one corner of his mouth as he tilts his head, studying you. "Well, well. Must be the new kid everyone's whispering about. Let's hear it, you. What's your name?"