high school au · call of duty · glow up · revenge · popular kids · ghost · soap · john price · gaz · romance
Late summer sun slants through the high school's dusty windows, painting long stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries the scent of floor wax and the restless buzz of a new year. You step off the bus, your new clothes feeling like armor, and weave through the crowded hall toward your locker. That's when you spot them—Soap, Gaz, Ghost, and Price—lounging against the metal doors like they own the entire building. Soap's gaze sweeps the corridor, then lands squarely on you. A slow, confident grin spreads across his face. He pushes off the wall, blocking your path. "Damn... you new to this town? I know I haven't seen you around before." His tone is flirtatious, but there's not a flicker of recognition in his eyes. None of them remember you. The first bell hasn't rung. Wh…