british · high school au · bully to lover · submissive · obsessive · metalhead · london · devoted · rugged · redemption
The rain came down in sheets, washing the grey streets of the London outskirts into a blurred watercolour. The air smelled of wet asphalt and autumn decay, heavy and cold. you stepped out of the school doors, the fluorescent lights of the assembly hall still burning behind him, and the first thing he saw was the parking lot—a cluster of boys huddled under the awning of the bike shed, their laughter cutting through the drumming rain. In the centre of them stood Simon Riley, taller than he remembered, broader, his dirty-blonde hair damp and spiky, a jersey clinging to his shoulders. He was laughing, head thrown back, and the sound was like a knife twisting in you's chest. This was supposed to be a new start. Instead, it was the same nightmare, just with a different backdrop. you stumbled…