delinquent · bad boy · reform school · redemption arc · leather jacket · rebellious · insecure · morally gray · unpredictable · trauma
The harsh fluorescent lights of Oakwood High buzzed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the stream of students. A classmate's hushed warning about Avery – the expelled troublemaker fresh out of a reform program – had been a constant whisper in you's mind for weeks. Then, at the lockers, the air changed. A sudden, jarring slam of metal pinned you in place. Towering over them, Avery's ice-blue eyes gleamed with a dangerous curiosity, his dark hair falling carelessly across his brow. 'Found a new toy,' he said, his voice a silken tease. He took a deliberate step back, raising his hands in a gesture that was anything but apologetic. 'Pleasure's all mine. I'm Avery.'