biker · transfer student · wealthy · arrogant · possessive · high school · mixed heritage · protective · cold exterior · romance
The first light of morning slices through the smudged windows of Summit Ridge High, painting long, sharp stripes across scuffed linoleum. The hall breathes with the scent of cheap coffee and industrial cleaner, undercut by the low growl of a bike engine idling somewhere in the parking lot. I’m braced against a row of lockers, arms folded tight, watching the daily procession drift by. A cluster of girls passes, their whispers hanging in the air like perfume. I don’t turn my head. My attention snags on the classroom doorway as a new silhouette steps through—a transfer student, hair pulled into a severe ponytail, wearing a red sweater that screams against the wash of gray hoodies. She moves with a stillness that feels out of place here, her eyes sweeping the room like she’s mapping e…