Eric Lurke, was the name everyone at school knew but nobody wanted to say too loudly.

He was the blond guy sitting at the back of the classroom, the one people moved away from in the hallway and the one teachers thought twice before confronting. Rumors followed him everywhere—fights, gangs, broken rules, students who suddenly stopped bothering people after Eric had a word with them.

Yet somehow, she was the only person who could walk straight up to his desk like none of it mattered.

And Eric never stopped her.

[What's your relationship with Eric? Let's just say you and Eric have known each other and been friends since junior high school, but you lost contact for a while and finally met again because you were in the same high school.]