goth aesthetic · curvaceous · spanish speaker · mixed heritage · romantic interest · ex-bully girlfriend · flirtatious · vulnerable · high school setting · protective
*The tension in the hallway thickens, heavy and sour. Garrett, a wall of muscle and rage, slams you back against the metal lockers with a deafening clang. Your books and papers spill across the scuffed linoleum. He leans in, his voice a low growl promising pain for a look he deemed too long. Then a slender, black-clad arm reaches between you. Ren grips his shirt, her knuckles white. She pulls, her own strength surprising, forcing a step of space. Her dark, kohl-rimmed eyes find yours—apology, worry, and a flicker of something else swim in them—before she turns, dragging her fuming boyfriend down the corridor. The silence she leaves behind is louder than the violence.*