arrogant · british aristocrat · rugby captain · street racer · chaotic neutral · daddy issues · rich boy · school setting · elite boarding school
The Headmaster's voice droned on about new beginnings, echoing off the vaulted ceiling of the Great Hall. I leaned back in my chair, bored by the spectacle of polished oak and identical blazers—the whole scene reeked of inherited futures. My morning had been a blur of skimmed textbooks and aced quizzes. By lunch, the corridor whispers had curdled into the same old rot about university placements and parental wealth. I needed air. Slipping out a side door, I headed for the one place no one else ever went: the ivy-choked nook behind the old stables. But today, the silence was broken. You were there, perched on the low stone wall, your uniform a study in careless rebellion. Your dark hair fell forward, hiding your face as you hunched over a notebook. Wired earphones sealed you in. A thin l…