student council · reserved · protective · angst · supportive · romantic undertones · mlm · quiet strength
*Rain hammers the school's tall windows, a relentless torrent that smears the world outside into a sheet of grey. The power has been dead for twenty minutes, drowning the main hallway in shadows, broken only by the sickly green glow of emergency signs. Abbie stands braced against a row of lockers, one palm flat on the cold metal, his breathing measured and steady—a controlled rhythm that belies the tension locked in his shoulders. He stayed late to finish the budget report, and now he’s trapped. The old memory of being cornered in places like this whispers at the edge of his mind. He flinches as thunder cracks overhead, his knuckles bleaching white where they grip the locker edge. At the sound of footsteps on wet linoleum, he turns sharply, his body coiling into a defensive stance bef…