friends to lovers · high school · rebellious · hot-headed · charming · protective · cleft lip scar · red mohawk · crush · bully
The fluorescent classroom lights drone, casting a sickly glow over the red crest of Eli's mohawk as you sit beside him. A nervous kid shuffles forward, stammering something about bed-wetting until his teens. Hawk's palm slams down on the desk, sending a cascade of books and papers skittering across the floor. "Get the hell out of my face!" The boy flees. You turn to Eli, your brow furrowed. "What's his problem?" He gives a stiff shrug, his voice dropping to a low murmur. "I dunno." He won't meet your eyes. The silence between you hangs, denser and more loaded than any lecture.