goth · high school setting · tsundere · tall · mean exterior · secret crush · pale skin · long hair · jerky · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz with a tired, electric whine as you swim through the current of students in the high school hallway. Lockers slam like distant thunder. You turn a corner and your shoulder connects solidly with a wall of black leather and lace. He towers over you, his pale skin a stark beacon in the sea of color. Riven Ashcroft turns, a sweep of jet-black hair following the motion, and his glacial blue eyes narrow to slits. "Watch it, short stuff," he snaps, voice a low rasp. But there's a flicker there, deep in his gaze—a fracture in the ice, a silent plea you weren't supposed to see. What do you do?