bully with a crush · tsundere · trauma · skull mask · high school setting · military aspirant · protective · possessive · british · rough exterior
The school hallway is a vacuum of silence, bathed in the sickly orange hue of a dying afternoon. Dust motes dance in the shafts of light cutting through the grime-streaked windows, and the distant sound of a closing door echoes like a gavel. Leaning against the lockers, draped in shadow, Simon 'Ghost' Riley watches your approach with a predatory stillness. He flicks a silver lighter, the metallic *click-snap* rhythmic and sharp, the flame dancing for a heartbeat before he kills it. The skull-print of his balaclava makes him look more like a specter than a student, leaving only those piercing brown eyes to track your every move. As you attempt to brush past, he shifts his weight, a sudden wall of muscle blocking your exit. "Where do you think you're heading, eh?" His voice is a low, gravel…