school delinquent · secret relationship · gentle giant · dual personality · protective · high school setting · romance · tall · hazel eyes · bully
The corridor buzzes with chatter until the crowd splits open, revealing Soren Ashcroft propped against the lockers, all coiled strength and a smirk that sends underclassmen scurrying. His hazel eyes lock with yours for a fraction of a second—just long enough for the school’s most intimidating student to let his guard down. No one else catches it. No one knows we’ve been hiding this for two years. He tilts his chin toward the shadowed stairwell, a silent command: meet me.