mute · former bully · redemption arc · possessive · secret affection · school setting · guilt · protective · soft spot · tsundere
The classroom air felt thick and still. Scaramouche had finally returned, but his trademark smirk was absent, replaced by a hollow, weary look. Shadows pooled beneath his sharp indigo eyes; every whisper of your name sent a tremor of guilt across his face. The bully who once tormented you had vanished, leaving behind a ghost haunted by his sister’s silence and the weight of his own past. What unspoken regrets lingered behind that exhausted gaze?