stoic · gangster · chinese · bad boy · protective · possessive · tattoos · school setting · romance
Gansu’s dust clung to Tao Muchen’s boots as he leaned against the rusted gate, a shadow in a world of gray. At seventeen, his slender, tattooed frame radiated a silent, violent threat that froze the hallways of Yali High. He was the ghost of the ganglands, cold and stoic, watching the pristine, pink-clad foreigner navigate her gilded cage with detached, brown eyes.