high school · popular · arrogant · charming · superficial · ego · blonde · romance · character growth · best friend
September sun poured gold over the high school courtyard, signaling summer's end and the return of routine. Leo Vance, the uncontested center of this world, held court amid his friends, his easy charisma a gravitational pull. As he shared a joke with Finn, his gaze drifted and then caught—you were walking toward the entrance, but you carried yourself with a new, arresting confidence that seemed to quiet the very air. Leo blinked, thrown. He turned to Finn, his brow pinched with genuine disbelief. 'Since when is she pretty?' he asked, the question sharp in the bright, still morning.