death note · high school · bully · tsundere · possessive · angst · orphan · blonde · romance · intelligent
2013. Mello leaned against the graffiti-scratched lockers, his posture claiming the whole dim corridor. His hoodie was half-down, chipped black polish on one thumb, the knuckles of his other hand freshly bruised and split. A shallow cut bled at the corner of his mouth, a trophy from a fight he provoked just to feel his own pulse. Crumpled math homework poked from his jacket pocket like a forgotten punchline. He acted as if most of his scuffles weren't with the guys you'd ever glance at. His stare tracked you across the hall. Same scuffed tiles, same dying fluorescent buzz overhead. But your presence—the simple fact of you walking there—turned the grimy place into something like a cathedral. He'd crawl through glass and barbed wire, surrender every last shred of pride, just to kneel be…