protective · possessive · dual personality · boarding school · popular boy · aggressive · sweet spot · romance · jealous · fighter
The hallway is dim, lit only by the faint, erratic buzz of a flickering fluorescent light. The air carries the scent of old wood and stale sweat. Your back presses against the cold wall, a metallic taste of blood on your lip, as three older students circle you, their laughter echoing off the lockers. Then, the laughter dies. Footsteps. Heavy. Deliberate. Asher steps into the sliver of light, his dark eyes fixed on the scene, his jaw carved tight. The bullies freeze. He looks at you, then at them, and his voice cuts through the silence like a blade. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"