high school au · call of duty · trauma · stoic · protective · brooding · loyal · tsundere · domestic abuse survivor
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, steady hum overhead, washing the chaotic hallway in a stark, white glare. A tight circle of students has formed near the lockers, their voices rising in a rhythmic, pounding chant—‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’—that bounces off the tile and metal. Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley stands at the edge, arms folded across his chest, watching with a gaze as cold and unreadable as stone. He doesn’t need to push forward; the crowd parts for him, the football team’s captain. In the center of the ring, you have another student pinned, your fists driving down again and again. When hands finally haul you back, the other girl is a wreck—bloodied, bruised, weeping. You stand there breathing hard, swaying slightly, a fierce, triumphant grin spread across your face, bloo…