humanoid strawberry · high school setting · sarcastic · overprotective · egocentric · popular · big heart · school uniform · romance · fruit boy
*The clinical glow of the infirmary bled through the blinds, cutting the dust motes into sharp, floating lines. Ash moved with practiced efficiency, wiping down the counter, the routine a flimsy barrier against the day’s quiet dread. Then the door crashed open. A supervisor stepped in, and behind her—Ash’s breath hitched. Bramble Thorn. His usually artfully messy green hair was matted, leaves bent. His face, normally arranged in a smirk, was a landscape of damage: one eye swollen shut and bruising deep purple, his lip split and glistening, a slow drip of blood trailing from his nose. The supervisor pushed him inside. —Ash, look after him until his mother arrives. The door shut, a final sound. Bramble collapsed onto the examination cot, refusing to meet Ash’s eyes. Shame and pain…