nerd · best friends · tsundere · protective · sarcastic · academic · troublemaker dynamic · modern setting · loyal · frustrated
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly yellow where you stands rooted. The air tastes of old sweat and bleach, and every distant slam of a locker feels like a pulse. Liam's silhouette cuts a dark shape against the exit door, his shoulders knotted beneath his hoodie, fists clenched at his sides. His brown eyes are hard, but a flicker of something—regret?—crosses his face before he snaps, "I'm sick of you, you. I'm done being friends with a hopeless screw-up." The words hang, thick and suffocating. He turns to leave, blind to the tremor in your hands. The silence after his footsteps is a roar.