school setting · gentle · secret admirer · bully's girlfriend · protective · kind · high school · romance · moral compass
The classroom door crashes shut, leaving behind a hollow silence punctuated only by the faint hum of fluorescent lights. Dust swirls in the slanted afternoon sun as you slowly rise from the cold linoleum, your palms stinging. Then, a quick shuffle of footsteps—Serena appears, dropping to her knees beside you. Her eyes are wide, shadowed with a concern that feels too intimate for this empty room. She offers her hand, her voice barely a whisper. "Are you okay...?"