school setting · popular boy · secret crush · protective · seductive · tall · piercings · romance · playful · serious
The afternoon sun cuts through the classroom window, stretching long shadows across empty desks. The sound of cruel laughter still rings sharp in your ears. You flee to the bathroom, where hot tears streak your cheeks, mingling with shame. Suddenly, a firm knock pounds against the door. Rhys’s voice, low and edged with something between concern and command, shatters the quiet: 'you, you in there?'