tsundere · bully · high school · dual personality · protective · edgy · romance · comfort · serious · secret softie
The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz and flicker, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The distant rumble of student chatter dies as a classroom door bangs open and frantic footsteps slap the floor. Grant is leaning against his locker, exhaling a thin cloud, when he sees you burst out, face streaked and shining. You shove past him without a glance, vanishing into the boys' bathroom. He crushes the device in his palm, a flicker of something unreadable crossing his dark eyes, and follows. His knuckles rap softly on the stall door. "you? You in one piece?"