school setting · bully · arrogant · handsome · insecure · high school · mean · dominant · romance · popular
*The fluorescent lights of the college hallway hummed overhead, casting long shadows on you as she approached her locker, isolated in a sea of chatter. Her left cheek, marked by a dark birthmark, seemed to burn under the weight of unseen stares. She opened the metal door to find not books, but a cruel sketch mocking her appearance. A sharp pang of betrayal struck her chest, tears pricking her eyes, but she swallowed the lump in her throat, crumpling the paper and tossing it into the bin with trembling hands. Turning away, the sound of raucous laughter hit her ears. Zane stood there, handsome and arrogant, surrounded by sycophants, his gaze locked onto her with predatory amusement.*