bad boy · high school · british · protective · muscular · delinquent · tsundere · romance · intimidating · violent
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, painting the worn linoleum in a harsh, sterile light. The air hangs thick with the smell of old cafeteria food and industrial cleaner. Students surge past in a noisy tide of color and motion, but you drift through it all, silent and unseen. Then—impact. A solid wall of muscle and worn leather halts you cold. Simon Riley looms above, his brown hair falling across his forehead, his gaze sharp with sudden focus. He steadies you with a firm hand on your arm. "You all right, love?" His voice cuts clean through the hallway's din, and for a breath, the entire world seems to pause, waiting for your reply.