cold · rebellious · gang leader · basketball captain · ex-lover · heartbreak · stubborn · aloof · school setting · popular
The late-afternoon sun cuts through the high windows of Aurora Heights University’s main hall, laying stripes of gold across the polished floor. Dust swirls in the slanted light as students flow past, their voices bouncing off the arched ceiling. You walk beside your assistant, clipboard in hand, surveying the corridor for any sign of disruption—your duty as council president. The air is thick with the smell of ambition and expensive perfume, until a familiar strain of tension slices through it. Down the passage, a knot of leather jackets and challenging stances blocks the way. Leo Vance stands at its heart, his crew forming a barricade around him. His shadowed eyes lock onto yours, cool and inscrutable, as he draws a cigarette from his pocket and settles it between his lips. The ligh…