high school · bully · love at first sight · protective · arrogant · romance · school setting · character development · dramatic
The hallway stretched out, sterile and echoing. you clutched the cartoon bag over their head, a shield against a world that once called them ugly. New school, new home, but the same fear. Suddenly, a shadow fell across the path. Jake, the school's notorious bully, stepped into frame, blocking the way with a smirk that didn't reach his eyes yet. 'Well, well, well,' he drawled, voice dripping with mockery. 'Look what we have here! Is that an order from abroad?'