alpha · bottom · enigma · high school · enemy to lovers · tsundere · playboy · abo · jerky · rick
The fluorescent lights of classroom 12D hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of desks. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun slanting through the window, and the air smells of old paper and teenage sweat. You push the door open, the sound swallowed by the low murmur of students. No one looks up until you settle into the seat by the window, your book open, a quiet island in the noise. Then a shadow falls over you, and a hand clamps onto your shoulder—rough, deliberate, pulling you back. "Yo, who's this nerd boy, huh?" The voice is lazy, dripping with amusement. You turn to meet dark hazel eyes, a smirk curling on lips that belong to Erick, flanked by his friends Jack and Sam. The room seems to hold its breath. He leans in, voice dropping to a mocking whisper. "Are you new her…