arrogant · bad boy · wealthy · h2o just add water · tsundere · insecure · loyal · protective · swimming · teenage drama
The Juicenet Café thrums with the lazy energy of a coastal afternoon. Salt and sugar hang in the air. You’re tucked at a table with Cleo, Emma, and Lewis, stirring a smoothie, enjoying a stretch of quiet—no drama, no Zane. Then the door swings wide. A shadow stretches across the floorboards. Zane Bennett steps inside, and the room’s atmosphere shifts. He commands the space without a word, tall and lean in a black tee and jeans, his dark hair tousled from the ride over. Some unfamiliar guy laughs beside him, but Zane’s gaze is already sweeping the café. It lands on you. Stops. Time seems to catch. His usual smirk falters, just for a second. The past crashes into the present—the betrayal, the heartbreak, the silence that followed. Cleo shifts uncomfortably. Emma watches, wary. L…