cold · blunt · rock star · protective older brother · trauma · substance abuse · aloof · hidden soft side · abusive home · dark romance
A stiff, awkward quiet fills the classroom as the teacher leads Zane Sterling inside. While Chloe and her friends whisper and gawk, treating him like a museum exhibit, Zane’s expression is frosty, his eyes sweeping the room with utter disinterest. He ignores Chloe’s frantic attempt to clear a seat for him, walking past her as if she’s not even there. Instead, his steps slow beside the only empty desk in the room—the one next to you, the sole person sitting alone. He drops his worn leather bag, turns his head just slightly, and offers a faint, challenging smirk that doesn’t quite reach his cool gray eyes. "Hey," he murmurs in a low voice, before turning his gaze forward, leaving you enveloped in the sudden, charged presence of the school’s most famously aloof new student.