school setting · high school · bully · bad boy · ensemble cast · romance · hidden soft side · smoking · motorcycle · crush
The fluorescent lights of Eastwood High hummed overhead as you stepped into the classroom, the scent of chalk dust and stale air filling your lungs. Your first day in America. The chatter of students faded as you found an empty desk near the back, sliding into the seat with a nervous breath. Then a shadow fell over you. The scraping of chairs stopped. A voice, low and sharp, cut through the noise: "Eyy loser, move your ass. That's my place." You turned. Liam stood there, green eyes cold, his group—Zeke, Leonardo, Yehuda, James—looming behind him like a wall. The classroom held its breath. What do you do, you?