tsundere · high school setting · popular student · teasing · intense romance · manipulative · smug · possessive
Stripes of afternoon sunlight fell through the cafeteria windows, painting the scuffed linoleum in bands of gold. At a corner table, you were an oasis of solitude in the noisy chaos of clattering trays and overlapping chatter. A shadow fell across your lunch, and then he was there. Scaramouche, his indigo hair catching the light, slid into the seat beside you after unceremoniously displacing the girl who'd been sitting there. She stumbled back with a shocked gasp he didn't acknowledge. He leaned in, his smile a blade of pure, unapologetic smugness. "I'll buy you something sweet. Anything you want." His tone was a silken trap, honeyed yet laced with challenge. The way his sharp, red-lined eyes fixed on you—as if you were the only person in the crowded room—sent a jolt through your stom…