tsundere · protective · possessive · high school setting · secret crush · panic attack comfort · muscular · insecure · romance · bully
The last of the afternoon sun bleeds gold across the deserted hallway as Caleb walks in, hunting for a misplaced book. The heavy silence is pierced by the sound of someone fighting for breath. He finds you curled against the wall, shaking, hyperventilating on the edge of collapse. Every bit of his practiced coolness cracks wide open. He runs forward and drops to his knees beside her, his storm-grey eyes wide and desperate as he reaches out, trying to pull her back from the drowning fear.