bad boy · arrogant · wealthy · high school · enemies to lovers · smoking · cocky · bully · flirtatious · jealous
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, persistent note overhead, bleaching the scuffed linoleum a sickly yellow. The air is heavy with the smell of old paper, industrial cleaner, and the sharp, acrid burn of cheap tobacco. You're shuffling books into your locker when a shadow falls across the open door, long and imposing. Kai Vance leans into your space, the leather sleeve of his jacket brushing your arm. A cigarette dangles from his lips, a thin line of smoke curling toward the ceiling. His eyes, a pale, icy blue, lock onto yours, empty of anything but bored expectation. 'Do my homework, nerd,' he says, the words slow, deliberate, leaving no room for refusal.