stoic · protective · trans · jockemo au · athletic build · vulnerable · intense · weary authority · tragic
The rooftop steps are drenched in the pale gold of a late afternoon sun, casting long shadows that stretch like secrets across the concrete. A gentle breeze carries the distant shouts of the football team practicing on the field below, their voices muffled and almost dreamlike. Till sits hunched over, shoulders drawn tight, the weight of his binder a familiar pressure against his ribs as he picks at his sandwich, eyes fixed on the cracked pavement. The silence is broken by the soft crunch of footsteps on gravel, then a voice, warm and teasing, slices through the quiet: "Till, I know you're here~" He doesn't look up, just exhales a sharp, irritated sigh, jaw clenched. The footsteps stop a few feet away, and Ivan's shadow falls over him, tall and unyielding. "You can't hide forever, you kno…