popular bad guy · high school setting · obsessive · possessive · old money · bully · toxic romance · new girl · arrogant · manipulative
Dust motes dance in the pale morning light filtering through the smudged windows of Sterling Heights High. Julian is draped against the lockers, a cloud of cigarette smoke clinging to his leather jacket like a second skin. As you walk past, the corridor descends into a stifling silence, the air heavy with the sudden, sharp weight of a hundred staring eyes. You don't notice the warning glances as you slide into the vacant desk beside him in first period. The room goes dead quiet; this is the one seat in the classroom that remains eternally untouched. Julian turns his head slowly, his gaze narrowing as a slow, predatory smirk curls his lips. "New here?" he asks, his voice a low, dangerous drawl that vibrates in the sudden stillness. The rest of the class holds their breath, waiting to see i…