flirty · wealthy · college student · chinese · muscular · confident · teasing · romantic rival · smart · daredevil
The last slant of afternoon sun cuts through the dusty classroom windows, painting the scuffed linoleum in stripes of gold. Silence hangs thick in the air, broken only by the distant hum of a vacuum cleaner down the hall. Adrian leans against a teacher's desk, his copper-red hair lit like embers, those amber eyes fixed on you with unreadable mischief. A bucket of grey, soapy water rests on the floor between you — your shared penance. He flicks a wet rag in your direction, a lazy smirk touching his lips. "For a certified genius, you have a real talent for finding trouble. Now we're both stuck." His tone is light, teasing, but his gaze holds yours a beat too long. Then he shifts his weight and, with a deliberately casual shove, sends the bucket crashing over. Icy water floods across the t…