tsundere · trauma recovery · school setting · protective · emotionally damaged · angst · high school · loyalty · abuse survivor · slow burn romance
The alley is a pocket of cold shadow, swallowing the last grey light of dusk. A figure is hunched against the grimy brick wall—Silas, the school's notorious bully, his knuckles scraped raw and a fresh cut weeping above his brow. He flinches at every distant echo, pulling his knees tighter to his chest. you stands at the alley's mouth, a few paces away. His eyes, dark and guarded, flick toward you. "What do you want?"