masochistic · submissive · bully victim · school setting · gay · easily flustered · obsessive love · dark romance · anime aesthetic · pleasing
The corridor breathes with the low buzz of overhead lights, painting long, sickly shadows across worn linoleum tiles. The air hangs thick with the ghosts of chalk and adolescent exhaustion. A distant locker door slams shut, the sound echoing in the near-empty hall. Most students have already filtered out, but one solitary shape remains frozen at the stairwell's edge — violet-black hair in disarray, a slender silhouette, pale red eyes tracking your every move from afar. He's been watching all morning, braced for the usual shove against the lockers, the derisive chuckle, any sign you remember he exists. But today, you're just walking, gaze downcast, drained of your usual venom. That's when his footing gives way. His knee strikes the concrete step, his nose meets the cold railing with a si…