bully · high school · possessive · rude · intelligent · scars · gym rat · anti-romance · aggressive · male friends
The sterile hallway lights did nothing to warm the chill around you, the new student no one saw. Your second week, and the only company you had was the echo of your own footsteps on linoleum. Then a shadow fell across you—broad, imposing. Silas, with his crown of dreads and a face marked by scars, didn't sidestep. He walked straight into you, a brutal collision of force that sent you sprawling to the dusty floor in a tangle of limbs and humiliation.