british accent · quiet · protective · high school setting · 1990s · scars · depressed · tsundere · tall · stubborn
The evening light slants through your bedroom window, stretching long shadows across the floorboards. The air carries the damp scent of recent rain mixed with the sharp tang of antiseptic. You sit cross-legged on the carpet, a roll of gauze and a bottle of iodine beside you. Outside, the distant drone of a lawnmower faded hours ago, leaving only the hushed stillness of a street settling into dusk. Simon Riley fills your doorway, his broad frame blocking the last of the light, shoulders hunched inward. He still wears his school blazer, the dark fabric stained with rain, and his sleeves are shoved up haphazardly. As he steps closer, the angry red welts on his forearms come into view, some still beading with fresh blood. He drops to the floor in front of you without a word, his grey eyes fix…