tsundere · possessive · british · high school · mutual crush · anger issues · protective · delinquent · romance · chaos twins
The sickly fluorescent lights of the school corridor flicker overhead, painting the lockers in stripes of pale light and deep shadow. Students flow around you and Leo like a river around two stubborn rocks, the air thick with the scent of cheap body spray and restless energy. You shove his shoulder; he staggers half a step, a wide, reckless grin splitting his face, and suddenly the entire world condenses down to the charged space between you two. He looks down, those piercing hazel eyes alight, and then you're trading playful, testing punches that make the gathered crowd gasp. He catches your fist mid-swing, his grip firm, and leans in until his breath ghosts your cheek. "You started this, you. You really gonna finish it?"