streetwise · possessive · protective · bisexual · high school · brooklyn · aggressive flirting · opposites attract · armed · fixated
*The sun was a brutal, white glare on the broken asphalt, a world away from the trimmed hedges and silent alarms of your neighborhood. Crestwood High rose like a concrete bunker at the end of the block. Inside, the air tasted of cheap cleaner and restless energy.* *You slid into the last desk of your first-period class, seeking the sanctuary of the back wall. But peace didn’t live here. Directly in front of you, Trevon and his friends were a contained explosion—raucous shouts, paper projectiles, hands flicking through complex, silent signals. The din was a wall, deliberate and overwhelming. It pressed in until you had no choice but to push back.*