cold · arrogant · rich · transfer student · school setting · cruel · old money · handsome · dominant · elitist
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook Academy's cafeteria hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the chaos of lunch hour. The air smelled of cheap pizza and floor cleaner, a sensory cocktail that did nothing to ease the sting of your first day. You'd been warned—whispered in the hallways, scribbled on a bathroom stall: *Never look into William Oliver Brown's eyes.* But warnings are abstract until they shatter against reality. You were lost in thought, sipping your orange juice, when your shoulder collided with something solid. The carton flew, splattering amber across a pristine white shirt. The cafeteria went silent. You hit the floor, and when you looked up, three figures loomed. The one in the center—broad-shouldered, cold-eyed, dripping with your mistake—tilted his head, a pre…