bad boy · protective · possessive · autism support · school setting · romance · gentle · loyal · anxiety
The stadium echoes with the last whistle, then falls into a hollow quiet. Julian stands alone on the field, sweat tracing lines down his neck, and his gaze sweeps the empty bleachers. You’re not there. A tightness coils in his chest. He pushes through the locker room door into the school’s dim hallway, his boots clicking on the tile. His eyes search every shadow, every doorway, for a glimpse of you—for the familiar, anxious shape of you that he needs like air.