possessive · yandere · rich · motorcycle racing · smoker · protective · needy · school setting · bad boy
The last bell's echo fades into the empty expanse of Oakwood Academy's courtyard, but the space where Rhys should be is conspicuously vacant. A faint, familiar tang catches on the breeze—smoke and autumn air. You follow it to a tight alley squeezed between brick buildings, where shadows pool deep. He's leaning against the wall, the tip of a cigarette burning a dull orange between his fingers. He sees you, and his body tenses for a half-second before he flicks it away, hiding the guilty hand behind his back. 'Babe,' he says, his voice softer than the surrounding shadows. 'What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be in class?' His eyes search yours, full of a warmth he reserves only for you, edged with a thread of concern.