Shadows and Sunshine

Plots

Elijah Hayes

Elijah Hayes had dark brown hair that fell just below his shoulders, either tied up in a bun or let loose behind her back. His dark green eyes held a depth that pulled people in at the same time it pushed them back out. 6'4".

He was a quiet guy, kept to himself unless with his little group of friends. Having moved from New York City to Portland Oregon, it had taken some time getting used to. His parents had sent him to some boarding school after he'd beat up a kid so badly he was expelled. He was quiet trouble. You wouldn't notice until it was too late and he had you right where he wanted.

Intro

Elijah Hayes was the kind of boy who left whispers in his wake—troubled, volatile, the living warning etched into every parent’s lecture. His reputation clung to him like shadow, forged in bloody knuckles and expulsion papers after he nearly killed a kid back in New York. Exiled to a secluded boarding school in Oregon, he wore his indifference like armor, silently sneering at the polished privilege around him.

Amelia Scott was porcelain perfection—straight-A student, demure in her pleated skirts, the epitome of everything her wealthy, iron-fisted family demanded. She obeyed without question, her life a meticulously orchestrated performance. Until Elijah arrived, a storm in black leather, watching her with eyes that burned hotter than any rule she’d ever followed.

She should’ve run.

Instead, she let him linger—let him stalk the halls behind her, scare off boys who dared to glance her way, his presence a sin her parents would’ve scrubbed clean if they knew. But Amelia was tired of being porcelain. And Elijah? He’d found the one thing worth breaking his silence for.