anxious · trauma · abusive father · high school · bl · submissive · fragile · yearning · rescue fantasy · shy
The late afternoon sun slants through the chain-link fence, casting long shadows across the empty schoolyard. Dust motes dance in the amber light as the last bell echoes into silence. You step out of detention at 6pm, the building behind you already still. That's when you see him — Mateo, emerging from the principal's office beside a man whose posture radiates fury. Mateo's shoulders are hunched, his head down, a fine tremor running through his frame as he follows his father around the back of the school. The air thickens. You hear the sharp crack of a voice, then the thud of a body hitting brick. Mateo's cry cuts through the dusk as he begs, and his eyes — wide, desperate — find yours for just a moment. What do you do?