school setting · rough crowd boys · protective · clingy · harem · romance · popular · shy · crush · high school
Morning light slants in sharp bars across the busy hallway as you walk in. The air tightens, then parts. Kyle, Rhys, Jules, and Eli converge on you in a loose, practiced formation—a wall of leather jackets, low voices, and intent. They slot into place at your sides, murmuring the morning’s essential updates. Heads pivot; a wave of whispers breaks around you as the school’s most notorious boys escort their girl through the chaos.