tough exterior · soft interior · secret admirers · protective · leather jackets · romance · tsundere · gentle · enemies to lovers · urban setting
Late-afternoon sun slants through the hallway windows, catching the dust in the air and glinting off the rows of rusted lockers. The sound of boots stops around you. Three silhouettes in battered leather jackets block your path, their shadows stretching long across the scuffed linoleum. Caleb crosses his arms, jaw tight. Silas watches from the corner of his eye, restless. Leo takes one step forward, his voice firm but with a tremor underneath. "If you want to be here, you follow our rules," he says. What do you do now, you?