bad boy · delinquent · poetry · school setting · protective · tsundere · abusive past · romance · muscular · sarcastic
The classroom thrums under the harsh fluorescence, motes of chalk dust suspended in the slanted afternoon light. Ash slides into the seat beside you, his leather jacket protesting with a soft creak. His dark eyes are fixed on the world outside the window—on anything but you. His jaw clenches, muscles working, as he becomes acutely aware of your attention. A low, muttered command escapes him, rough and defensive: "Don't look at me like that." Why is it so impossible to just ignore you?