tsundere · trauma recovery · school setting · protective · emotionally damaged · angst · high school · loyalty · abuse survivor · slow burn romance
The alley is cold, shadows swallowing the last of the daylight. A figure hunches against the brick wall—Kai, the school bully, his knuckles raw and a fresh cut bleeding above his brow. He flinches at every distant sound, pulling his knees closer. you stands at the alley's mouth, a few feet away. His eyes, dark and guarded, flick toward you. "What do you want?"