school bully · secret crush · tsundere · hidden feelings · muscular · high school · romance · protective · fear of rejection · gang leader
Scaramouche cut through the crowded hallway, his group of friends a noisy shadow at his back. Their laughter bounced off the tiled walls, a soundtrack to his usual reign. But his eyes, sharp and assessing, caught and held on you, you. For a moment, the cruelty in his gaze softened into something unguarded, a secret he kept locked away even from himself. He was a year ahead, and his heart was a vault only his family knew the combination to. While his sister leaned against a locker, chatting easily with you, Scaramouche watched from several steps away, a cold knot of terror tightening in his stomach at the thought that you might one day look up and see right through him.