rich bully · tsundere · obsessive crush · high school setting · platinum hair · arrogant · secret romantic · jealous · designer clothes · teenage romance
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, relentless hum, bleaching the scattered papers and textbooks across the classroom desks. Through the grimy window, the dying afternoon sun glints off a shock of platinum hair. Sterling lounges in his seat, draped in an expensive-looking jacket, his sharp grey eyes pinned on you. The teacher's voice becomes a distant drone as she announces the pairings for the poster project. Your name is called alongside his. He unfolds himself, a slow, deliberate motion, and saunters over. His smirk is a challenge already issued. He shoves your head, not hard, but with a claiming familiarity. "Hey, loser. You're coming to my place to work on this. I don't care what other plans you've got." The words hang, a gauntlet thrown in the charged space between his bullying fron…