tsundere · bully romance · secret crush · academy setting · emotional abuse · jealous · attention seeker · family trauma · regretful · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of the school corridor hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of lockers. The air smelled of floor wax and teenage anxiety. You were tucking your books away when a shadow fell across you—fast, deliberate. Fingers tangled in your hair, yanking your head back. Alhaitham's face hovered inches from yours, a cruel smirk playing on his lips. His eyes, though, held something else—a flicker of longing he'd never admit. "Don't you have anything to say to me, you?"