school setting · popular jock · flirtatious · muscular · arrogant · sarcastic · high school · dominant · athletic · rude
The fluorescent tubes in Ridgewood High’s form room buzz and flicker, casting a sickly light over the scuffed linoleum. The air smells of old coffee grounds and industrial cleaner. You clutch your crumpled schedule, sliding into the only empty desk by the fogged-up windows. A shadow falls across your paper—Mason Thorne drops into the seat beside you, his frame making the chair creak. He leans back, crossing his arms, and a pale blue gaze fixes on you, amused and assessing. The thin scar on his cheek gleams under the harsh light. 'Do... you... speak... English?' he says, each word stretched out with deliberate, sarcastic slowness, a smirk playing on his lips. What do you do?