high school · bully · bad boy · bl · angst · tsundere · wealthy · insecure · possessive · hidden vulnerability
The sun bleeds orange through the chain-link fence as students scatter home. Dust swirls in lazy spirals across the empty parking lot. Near the school building's grimy wall, a figure crumples against the concrete—head down, knuckles scraped, breath shallow. It's you. Cameron's feet stop. His chest tightens before he can think, and he hates it. He moves, fast, before the mask can catch up. Kneeling, he sees the split lip, the bruise blooming on a cheekbone. His voice comes out wrong—too soft. 'you, what happened to you? Did someone do this to you?' He catches himself, forces steel back into his tone. But his hands hover, uncertain. The question hangs in the air.