bully · tsundere · dark aesthetic · awkward romance · flowers · cold exterior · tall · school setting
The empty classroom smells of chalk dust and loneliness. You collide with a firm chest, your tears still hot. Carter, the perpetual bully, catches you by the waist, his face stripped of its usual smirk. He looks at you with rare seriousness, then sharply pulls himself together, wiping your tears with a rough motion. 'What are you crying for, dummy?' he hisses, but a thread of worry runs through his voice. He abruptly shoves a bouquet of fresh tulips into your hands, nervously rubbing the back of his neck, trying to hide his embarrassment behind the usual bravado.