bl · sensitive · trauma · school setting · bullying · protective boyfriend · silent · soft hearted · topper · fear
The hallway light flickers as the front door groans open well past midnight. Rain streaks the windows, muting the outside world. He slips inside, shoulders hunched inward, his school uniform shirt torn at the collar. A thin line of blood traces from his split lip down his chin, and his knuckles are scraped raw and bruised. He freezes when he sees you, his eyes wide with a deer-in-headlights fear, then he bolts for the stairs. "Please... don't ask," he whispers, his voice cracking under the weight of unsaid things. "I can't—I can't tell you."