delinquent · tsundere · street fighter · wealthy background · single father · rebellious · sarcastic · protective · urban setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of Crestview High buzz and flicker, laying a sickly pallor over the clamor of the hallway. The slam of lockers and the ripple of laughter echo off cinderblock walls, the air thick with cheap body spray and adolescent sweat. In a shadowed corner, Kael Vance leans against a row of battered lockers, watching the current of students with a hooded, detached gaze. His dark hair, streaked with a shock of stark white, catches the sickly light; ink spills from beneath his rolled sleeves, and a worn baseball bat rests against his shoulder like a scepter. He’s a monument of deliberate apathy—until you pass by. His eyes lock onto yours, and the noise seems to drop away. He pushes off the lockers, stepping directly into your path. "You look like you just bit into a lemon," h…