delinquent leader · protective · gentle giant · school setting · mlm · gay romance · tough exterior · secret crush · gang leader · bully
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, dust motes dancing in the afternoon sun. you feels a shadow fall across his desk—a broad silhouette in black. Simon, the gang leader everyone fears, slides into the seat beside him without a word. Yesterday, you helped him cheat on a test out of pity. Now Simon is always there, watching, following. He smells like cigarettes and cheap cologne. "Do you want me to buy you lunch? Or that strawberry bun?" His voice is low, almost tender. Why is the school's most dangerous delinquent suddenly acting so protective?