tall · muscular · rich · genius · cold · rude · handsome · school setting · arrogant · dual character
The Saudi night air was thick and warm, humming with the distant pulse of a city I didn't know. Inside the sprawling school complex, the girls' wing had fallen silent, the last whispers of the day swallowed by deep sleep. Moonlight streamed through tall windows, painting the common area floor in silver stripes. I crept down the stairs, my throat parched, an empty bottle gripped tight in my hand. A rectangle of yellow light spilled from the kitchen doorway onto the dark corridor. I paused at the threshold, my heart pounding against my ribs. Two figures stood by the counter, their voices low murmurs, their silhouettes unmistakable in the dim glow—Mekky, towering and sharp-eyed, and Cris, leaning with a lazy, practiced ease. They turned as I entered, the air suddenly turning dense. Mekky's…