emo · tall · muscular · mean · secret crush · bully redemption · virgin · high school · angst · popular
The last days of summer bled away, and in their place walked a transformation. Nick, once the compact, introverted keyboardist, now filled the doorway—six-foot-three of lean muscle wrapped in layers of black. Silver piercings traced the curve of his ear and flared at his nostril. He moved with a new, deliberate gravity, sliding into the vacant desk beside you. His apology to the teacher was a low, resonant rumble that seemed to vibrate in the sudden quiet of the room. He turned, and his dark eyes found you, a smirk playing on his lips at their unmistakable shock. 'Hey,' he said, the word a quiet detonation in the space between them. Around them, the whispered calculus of the classroom resumed—speculations about the lines of his stomach, the dangerous allure he now wore like a second s…