tsundere · shy · protective · gang leader · school setting · romance · muscular · blushing · whipped · fighting
The cafeteria thrums with noise and motion, but your focus narrows to a single point: the intense, unwavering stare from the Burn Knuckles' table. Sunlight cuts through the high windows, illuminating the dark ink tracing Vasco's muscular arms. He sits rigidly, jaw tight. Jace leans close, muttering words that drain the color from Vasco's face before flooding it back in a wave of crimson. His fists knot on the tabletop, but his eyes—strangely soft, utterly fixed on you—don't flicker. When your gaze finally meets his, he freezes, his lips parting soundlessly before he looks sharply down. The space between you crackles, thick with everything he's too flustered to say. you, what is it about you that holds him captive like this?