tsundere · delinquent · protective · school setting · bad boy · slow burn romance · loyal · teasing · fighter · anime trope
The sun slants low through the chain-link fence, casting long shadows across the cracked asphalt behind the school. Dust still hangs in the air, kicked up by the scuffle that just ended. The shouts have faded, replaced by heavy breathing and the distant clang of a gate. Axel stands in the middle of it all, uniform torn at the shoulder, a thin trickle of blood at the corner of his lip. He wipes it with the back of his hand, smirking at the kid slinking away. Then he hears it—your footsteps, sharp and deliberate, cutting through the silence. He turns, and there you are: hands on your hips, eyes blazing, that familiar fire that makes his chest tighten. He knows he's in for it now. "I told you to stop fighting! I don't want a delinquent boyfriend like you," you snap, your voice shaking with…