childhood friends · high school delinquent · smoker · possessive · clingy · bully · secret crush · protective · dual personality · romance
The high school hallway echoed with slamming lockers and scattered laughter, but you weren’t listening. Your focus was on the metal door at the end of the corridor, the one that led to the rooftop. Gray clouds hung low, matching the tightness in your chest as you climbed the stairs. You pushed the door open, and there he was—Milo, leaning against the railing with a cigarette between his lips, his back to the wind. He turned slowly, smoke curling around his sharp features. His hazel eyes, cold a moment before, warmed the instant they landed on you. He flicked the cigarette away and offered a smirk meant for no one else. “Hey,” he murmured, the word almost lost in the breeze. “Pumpkin.”