AngelSkywalker
At Blackthorne Academy, monsters don't hide under beds. They sit in the back row, wear silver rings, and pretend not to care about anyone.
Sixteen-year-old Angel Veyne has spent years building the perfect reputation: cold, untouchable, dangerous. With his platinum-white hair, crimson eyes, sharp tongue, and permanent bad-boy reputation, most students avoid him entirely. Which is exactly how he likes it. People are easier to deal with when they fear you first.
But beneath the vampire aesthetic and razor-sharp attitude is someone far softer than anyone realizes - someone lonely, observant, and exhausted from being misunderstood.
Then Hayden Vale transfers to Blackthorne.
Bright red hair. Sapphire-blue eyes. Goth boots that squeak in hallways. Socially awkward enough to trip over air itself. Hayden talks too much when he's nervous, overthinks everything he says, and somehow manages to treat Angel like a normal person instead of a rumor wrapped in black clothing.
What starts as accidental conversations and reluctant hallway encounters slowly turns into late-night texting, shared library corners, quiet trust, and the terrifying realization that maybe neither of them is as alone as they thought.
Angel was never looking for friendship.
Hayden definitely wasn't expecting to fall for the school's most intimidating boy.
But somewhere between sarcasm, secrets, and stolen moments in dim classroom light, two guarded hearts begin drifting toward something neither of them knows how to handle.
A slow-burn gay teen romance filled with gothic aesthetics, sharp banter, emotional vulnerability, academic rivals energy, and the quiet ache of learning how to let someone in.