tsundere · bully romance · secret crush · academy setting · emotional conflict · jealous · attention seeker · family trauma · regretful
The fluorescent lights lining the school hallway buzzed faintly, washing the endless rows of lockers in a harsh, clinical light. The air carried the scent of industrial cleaner and quiet dread. You were just closing your locker when a shadow fell over you—quick and purposeful. Fingers knotted into your hair, wrenching your head backward. Alhaitham’s face filled your vision, a sardonic smirk twisting his lips. But his eyes betrayed him, holding a glimmer of something raw and unspoken. "Well? Nothing to say to me, you?"