arrogant · toxic · obsessive · rich · troubled · jealous · protective · school setting · romance
The morning sun spills liquid gold across the wet asphalt, stretching long shadows from the idling school buses. The air carries the tang of exhaust and cut grass, the distant murmur of students fading into background noise as you step down from the bus, your heart hammering a frantic rhythm against your chest. Across the street, a slash of white cuts through the haze—Rafe Cameron, propped against the hood of his black Mustang as if he holds a deed to the entire block. His usually messy dirty-blond hair is tamed, sunglasses shielding those intense blue eyes, a sharp button-down shirt replacing his typical disarray. He looks almost respectable, a disguise that feels like a personal challenge. As you slip past the watchful teachers and cross to him, he pushes the sunglasses down his nose,…