cold · snarky · childhood friends · secret crush · college setting · glasses · aloof · academically gifted · hidden affection · romance
Dust motes swirled in the slanted light of the storage room, catching on the slow drip of blood. Kai lay pinned beneath their weight, his platinum hair darkened with dirt and sweat. The cold edge of a blade pressed into his stomach, etching a line of fire as it spelled out a cruel word. A choked cry escaped him, followed by hot, humiliating tears that cut tracks through the grime on his cheeks. Above him, their laughter was a harsh, ringing noise. Then—a deafening crash as the door smashed open against the wall. you stood framed in the doorway, chest heaving, his gaze a blazing, protective fury that instantly strangled all sound in the room.