"i-i-i-im scared h-h-hyung" jackson stuttered out, breath caught in his throat. His words getting lost in the cold autumn wind, he wraps his arms tighter around hoseok's slender waist, scared hoseok will disappear if he lets go.
Hoseok mimics jackson's actions and wraps his tattooed arms around the smaller male.
"I know jackie, but we'll get through this together, side by side" he says into the younger males ear, voice husky.
Jackson wang is just an ordinary boy from hong kong, he's your school's typical nerd. He has his three friends namjoon, taehyung, and jinyoung by his side, and life is great for now.
Hoseok is the school's bad boy, tattoos raid his arms and he always smells of cigarette smoke and danger with his clique that consists of yoongi, jaebeom, and jungkook.
their two worlds collide when jackson decides to become more involved during his junior year and join the fencing club that hoseok happens to be the captain of
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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