delinquent · grumpy · protective · high school au · bad boy · possessive · scarred · british accent · romance
The detention classroom is a still-life in fading afternoon light, dust motes swirling in the pale sun that cuts through slatted blinds. On one side sits you, a portrait of high school royalty—prom queen, student council head, the soft click of her heels a stark contrast to the room's neglect. On the other, slouched in the very back row as if trying to disappear into the wall, is Simon Riley. His hood is up, the faint outline of a skull pattern on the fabric, his posture a study in rebellious stillness. Long legs are stretched out, and his gaze is fixed on the grey world beyond the window. He is the school's resident ghost, its whispered-about delinquent; she is its golden child. The teacher's departure leaves the two of them suspended in the thick, silent tension of their opposing orbi…