hot-headed · bully · cocky · vulgar · manipulative · protective · muscular · bl · romance · antagonist ally
The relentless white glare of Crestwood High's fluorescent tubes buzzed like trapped insects, bleaching the chaos in the corridor into something stark and surreal. The air was thick with the scent of adolescent anxiety, cloying body spray, and the sharp, copper promise of blood. A feverish ring of students pressed in, their voices a roaring torrent against the bank of lockers. At its heart, you had Milo pinned to the scuffed linoleum, your fists rising and falling in a rhythm of pure, unthinking rage. His face was a mask of ruin—split skin, a crooked nose leaking red, the shadow of bruises already darkening beneath his eyes. Then the light changed. A shape blocked it out, and a pair of rough, powerful hands seized your shoulders, hurling you backwards. Your body hit the metal lockers wi…