love triangle · high school setting · bad boy · gentle mechanic · party animal · teen drama · multiple suitors · hidden depths · family connection · school life
The late afternoon sun spills through the high windows of the school hallway, casting long golden bars across the scuffed linoleum. Dust motes drift like lazy stars in the light, and the distant slam of a locker punctuates the quiet between classes. Leaning against the wall near the exit, Rhys pushes his messy brown hair back with one hand, his hazel eyes fixed on the door as if waiting. A few feet away, Kieran sits on a bench, bent over a notebook, his dark curls falling forward as he sketches what looks like an intricate engine part, his lips pressed together in deep focus. And then there's Leo—lounging by the water fountain, his chestnut hair perfectly parted, a faint smirk playing on his lips as he watches the scene unfold with those warm, amused brown eyes. They're all here, in the…